Old Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Transportation Gathers Steam
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado
1. Transportation Gathers Steam Marker
Inscription.
Transportation Gathers Steam. . The transcontinental railroad across the U.S. was a monumental effort in an era when the world was accustomed to monumental projects in the name of global transportation. Even before the transcontinental railroad was completed, the Big Four (Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis P. Huntington, and Leland Stanford) were planning and implementing the organization of a steamship company. They intended to dominate ocean shipping in the Pacific as well as to control all river transportation within the state. Meanwhile, on the international front, the British completed the Suez Canal at about the same time that the United Stated finished the transcontinental railroad. Thus, the British and the Big Four defined new commerce route to circumnavigate the world.
The transcontinental railroad across the U.S. was a monumental effort in an era when the world was accustomed to monumental projects in the name of global transportation. Even before the transcontinental railroad was completed, the Big Four (Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis P. Huntington, and Leland Stanford) were planning and implementing the organization of a steamship company. They intended to dominate ocean shipping in the Pacific as well as to control all river transportation within the state. Meanwhile, on the international front, the British completed the Suez Canal at about the same time that the United Stated finished the transcontinental railroad. Thus, the British and the Big Four defined new commerce route to circumnavigate the world.
Location. 38° 34.91′ N, 121° 30.23′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Old Sacramento. It can be reached from the intersection of K Street and Interstate 5, on the right when traveling east. The metal marker is along the pedestrian walk where K Street extends under the freeway overpass towards downtown. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sacramento CA 95814, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Sacramento Valley and specifically in the Central Valley. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
More about this marker. The marker is part of the Historical Timeline of Sacramento. Inset Image:
California Steam Navigation Co., from Sacramento City Directory, 1855 from the James Henly Collection
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Historical Timeline of Sacramento
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, May 24, 2023
2. Transportation Gathers Steam Marker
Far left.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, May 24, 2023
3. Marker Within the Timeline
Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 187 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on August 2, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.
