Oakland Long Wharf

Oakland Pier
Oakland Pier sometime after 1919
General information
Location	Oakland, California
Coordinates	37°48′36″N 122°19′34″W / 37.810°N 122.326°W / 37.810; -122.326
History
Opened	1852
Closed	April 1958
Rebuilt	1861, 1879–1882
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station San Francisco Ferry Building Terminus Connection to San Francisco via Ferry Terminus Terminus Shasta Route Oakland toward Portland Overland Route Oakland toward Ogden San Joaquin Valley Line Oakland toward Los Angeles Oakland – San Jose Oakland First Street toward San Jose Berkeley Branch Until 1939 Oakland toward Thousand Oaks 7th Street Line Until 1939 Pine Street toward San Leandro–Dutton Avenue California Street Line Until 1933 Oakland toward Thousand Oaks Ninth Street Line Until 1939 18th Street Line Until 1933 Oakland toward 2nd & Webster Preceding station Western Pacific Railroad Following station Terminus California Zephyr (1949–1958) Oakland towards Chicago Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station Terminus Valley Division (1933–1937) Oakland toward Barstow
Oakland Designated Landmark
Designated	1981
Reference no.	49

The Oakland Long Wharf was an 11,000-foot railroad wharf and ferry pier along the east shore of San Francisco Bay located at the foot of Seventh Street in West Oakland. The Oakland Long Wharf was built, beginning 1868, by the Central Pacific Railroad on what was previously Oakland Point. Beginning November 8, 1869, it served as the west coast terminus of the First transcontinental railroad. In the 1880s, Southern Pacific Railroad took over the CPRR, extending it and creating a new ferry terminal building with the official station name Oakland Pier. The entire structure became commonly and popularly called the Oakland Mole. Portions of the Wharf lasted until the 1960s. The site is now part of the facilities of the Port of Oakland, while passenger train service operates at the nearby Jack London Square/Dellums Station and another nearby station in Emeryville.