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| In 1877, Oakland’s City Hall
stood at 14th and Clay Streets, just a little east of today’s city
hall. The photographer of this panoramic photograph stood atop the
city hall tower to create this view of Oakland in 1877.
The 1870s in Oakland witnessed an explosion in population growth and business development ignited when Oakland became the western terminus of the transcontinental railroad. The first train arrived at Oakland’s 7th Street Depot in 1869. The population of Oakland grew from 1,543 in 1860 to 34,555 in 1880. In one year, 1876, twenty-two new commercial buildings were constructed in the downtown area and $2,000,000 was spent in building new houses throughout the city. This panorama is a view of a prosperous, growing city in 1877. ( See Oakland, The Story of a City, by Beth Bagwell, Presidio Press ) |
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