Name/Title
Slice transcontinental railroad track, Ca. 1869Entry/Object ID
1981.127.1Description
Acc. No. 81.127.1
Subject Category: Transportation RR.
Date or period: Circa 1869
Object: Track, railroad
Description: Slice section of a railroad track It is iron.
Size: 3½ inch long by 3½ inches in width on the base, Slice is one-half inch thick.
History of Object: Section of rail dredged from lagoon at Alameda Naval Air Station. The location of the naval station is where the first transcontinental railroad stopped September 6, 1869.
Acquired from: Lt. Com. Lawlor
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