7/29/2003
7/29/2003
Landmark information
- Location:
Plaque: Hwy 174, near PM 1.05, Colfax - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
7/29/2003 - Date Most Recently Visited:
7/29/2003 - GPS Coordinates:
Plaque: N 39 6.612, W 120 56.992
About this landmark
Plaque text:
First Transcontinental Railroad
Cape Horn Promontory
View of Cape Horn Promontory
North Fork American River Canyon
Dedicated to the memory of thousands of Chinese who worked for Charles Crocker on the Central Pacific Railroad. They were lowered over the face of Cape Horn Promontory in wicker bosun's chairs to a point 1332 feet above the canyon floor. The ledge created for this railbed was completed May 1866. They are honored for their work ethic, and timely completion of the transcontinental rails ending in Promotory, Utah, May 1896.