Oakland Long Wharf

Oakland Pier
Oakland Pier sometime after 1919
General information
LocationOakland, California
Coordinates37°48′36″N 122°19′34″W / 37.810°N 122.326°W / 37.810; -122.326
History
Opened1852
ClosedApril 1958
Rebuilt1861, 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
Oakland – San Jose Oakland First Street
toward San Jose
Berkeley Branch Oakland
7th Street Line Pine Street
California Street Line
Until 1933
Oakland
Ninth Street Line
18th Street Line
Until 1933
Oakland
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
Designated1981
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.