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Railroads & Industries Railroads and shipping set the stage for Oakland's industrial development. Transcontinental trains have been rumbling down the Embarcadero (old First Street) since 1869, and oceangoing vessels have been calling at loc…
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Spine of West Oakland The elevated BART tracks are the latest link in Seventh Street's long history as the transportation spine of West Oakland. The street once led to the long Wharf and Mole on the western waterfront where the Central/Souther…
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Oakland Canneries By the early 20th century, harbor improvements, expanded port facilities, and transcontinental rail service had made Oakland one of the state's leading exporters of processed food of all kinds: canned, dried, bottled, and …
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Honoring the rich musical heritage of the Blues, Jazz and Gospel artists who played on 7th Street Come explore and learn about a glorious brea in Oakland's musical history! The music they played on 7th Street, Oakland Walk of Game pays tribute…
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1853 Oakland was shapedby seven GREEN SQUARES Downtown's living roomsnow only five Parks bring out theGoodness of good people
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1922A neo-gothicCode Machine Factorynever realized On the top floorWomen of Chinatownsewed parachutes for WWII
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This marker is made up of two markers and two plaques on the same monument. One Community, Many Locations Chinese first settled in Oakland in the 18502 during the California Gold Rush. Unlike San Francisco's Chinatown, Oakland's Chinese comm…
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This marker consists of a number of inscribed metal strips embedded in the walkway. 1853 - Map of Oakland is laid out by J. Kellersberg showing seven public squares, including Lafayette Square. Six are symmetrical around Broadway, the seventh i…
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Community activist and environmentalist, Chappell Hayes was the driving force behind the Clean Air Alternative Coalition which successfully convinced CalTrans to re-route the new Cypress freeway away from West Oakland neighborhoods. Mr. Hayes deve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DBZ_western-pacific-mole_Oakland-CA.html
On a January morning in 1906, two hundred workmen from Western Pacific Railway and thirty armed "company soldiers" landed on the north training wall and began laying track. Although the City of Oakland had invited this action, it was considered a …
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