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Main marker:
California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
Alameda Creek Water System, 1888.
San Francisco Section A802, 1975.
Second marker:
Restoration of the Sunol Water Temple.
Started May 27, 1997. . . . — — Map (db m24499) HM
In 1869, the first Transcontinental Railroad passed this spot on its way to the shore of the San Francisco Bay. In 1984 the Southern Pacific Railroad abandoned this historic line between Niles and Tracy, California.
Volunteers of the Pacific . . . — — Map (db m63766) HM
Named in honor of Antonio Maria Sunol, merchant, naval man and cattlebarron, who acquired a Spanish / Mexican land grant in 1840.
Along with the vast ranching and fertile farmlands, coal and gold were found in the Sunol area in the 1870’s. . . . — — Map (db m24495) HM