Alameda Mole

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Alameda Mole
General information
Location	Alameda, California
Coordinates	37°47′46″N 122°19′44″W / 37.796°N 122.329°W / 37.796; -122.329
History
Closed	1939 (ferries)
Services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Terminus South Pacific Coast Railroad Park Street toward Santa Cruz Lincoln Avenue Line Alameda Airport toward Oakland Pier Encinal Avenue Line San Francisco Ferry Building Terminus Connection to San Francisco via Ferry Terminus

The Alameda Mole was a transit and transportation facility in Alameda, California for ferries landing in the East Bay of San Francisco from 1878 to the 1930s. It was located on the west end of Alameda, and later became part of the Alameda Naval Air Station. It was one of four neighboring moles. The others were the Oakland Mole, the WP Mole (Western Pacific), and the Key System Mole. The purpose of the mole was to extend tracks of rail-based transportation lines beyond the shallow mud flats along the shore of the East Bay into water deep enough to accommodate the passenger and rail ferries to San Francisco.^[1]