| Alameda Terminal | |
|---|---|
 Alameda Terminal, c. 1869 | |
| Location | Naval Air Station Alameda Alameda, California |
| Coordinates | 37°46′33″N 122°18′17″W / 37.775777°N 122.304766°W |
| Built | 1864 by the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad (1864-1870)[1]: 7 |
| Designated | June 8, 1949[2] |
| Reference no. | 440[2] |
  Location within Alameda/Oakland | |
Alameda Terminal (also known as Alameda Wharf) was a railroad station and ferry wharf at the foot and west of present-day Pacific Avenue and Main Street in Alameda, California, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay with ferry service to San Francisco.[3][1]: 10–11 It was built in 1864 and operated by the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad. In 1869, it served as the original west coast terminus of the U.S. First transcontinental railroad,[1]: 7 until the opening of Oakland Pier two months later. The western terminus was inaugurated September 6, 1869, when the first Western Pacific through train from Sacramento reached the shores of San Francisco Bay at Alameda Terminal,[4] — thus completing the first transcontinental railroad "from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean" in accordance with the Pacific Railroad Acts.
- ^ a b c Ute, Grant; Singer, Bruce (2007). Alameda by rail. San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4706-0.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
chlwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Mosier, Page; Mosier, Dan (1986). Alameda County Place Names. Fremont, CA: Mines Road Books.
see map 3 for the location of Alameda Wharf
- ^ "The first through train on the Western Pacific Road". cdnc.ucr.edu. Daily Alta California 7 September 1869 — California Digital Newspaper Collection. Retrieved 2018-06-20.