Temescal Creek bridge 1887
Description:
View from wood plank bridge over Temescal Creek, Telegraph Avenue and (present-day) 51st. Street (looking south), Temescal district, Oakland, Calif. Narrow-gauge steam train to the new Berkeley campus of the state university waits outside the horsecar barn to the right (west). The Cattaneo Building (also known as the Brick House), with its covered sidewalk, can be seen on the left.
Date of Document:
1887 ("1889 Oakland Cal" is inscribed on the image, although steam trains, operated by the Oakland Railroad Co., ceased operation along this route in 1887 after public disapproval.)
Document Author:
Unknown
Geographic Location:
Telegraph Avenue and 51st Street, Oakland, Calif.
Context:
The steam train operated on Telegraph Avenue between the car barn, located immediately south of Temescal Creek (present-day 51st Street) and the state university campus in Berkeley from 1877 to 1892. The Cattaneo Building (5004-5010 Telegraph Avenue), completed circa 1872, is considered to be the oldest surviving commercial structure in Temescal. It was designated a city landmark in 1983.