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1887
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Construction
from the south halted at Ellwood in Goleta Valley (Dec.
21).
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1889
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Track-building
from the north reaches Santa Margarita in San Luis Obispo
County (January).
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1891
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Construction begins on Cuesta Grade above San Luis Obispo
(December).
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1892
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Work begins on first of seven Cuesta tunnels (April).
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1894
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Track
from north reaches San Luis Obispo; town celebrates first
trains (May 4).
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1895
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Rails reach Pacific Ocean at Grover near Pismo Beach (January).
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Work
on bridge to span Santa Maria River commences (February; bridge
completed in June).
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First
train reaches town of Guadalupe in Santa Maria Valley (July
1).
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1896
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Rails from north reach Someo, later renamed Casmalia (Jan.
30).
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Santa Ynez River Bridge completed (December).
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1897
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Little
progress on Coast Route construction was made in 1897 and
throughout much of 1898.
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1898
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Rails reach Honda Creek, five miles south of Santa Ynez River
and two miles north of Point Arguello (December).
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1899
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Honda
Viaduct completed (July).
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Construction
of 451-foot viaduct across Jalama Creek begins (October; completed
in January, 1900).
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1900
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"Tunnel 13" between Drake and Sacate, about five
miles west of Gaviota, is completed (January).
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Rails reach Point Conception (February).
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After
12 years have elapsed, track-laying from the south resumes
at Ellwood (March 15).
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Fill
completed at Cojo, three miles east of Point Conception (March
23).
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Rails from south reach Eagle Canyon, west of Goleta (March
29).
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S.P.
President C.P. Huntington and William Hood, S.P. Chief Engineer,
conduct an inspection trip to end-of-track (late March).
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First construction train pulls into Naples, four miles west
of Ellwood (April 7).
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661-foot
Dos Pueblos Canyon Bridge completed (May).
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Tracks from north reach Alegria, four miles west of Gaviota
(May).
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1900
(cont'd.)
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Gap
is reduced to 17.9 miles, from Cuarta Canyon (Sacate) to Gato
Canyon, between Naples and Capitan (June 30).
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C.P.
Huntington, last of the "Big Four" founders of the
Central Pacific/Southern Pacific railroads dies (Aug. 13).
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634-foot Alegria Canyon Viaduct is completed (September).
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Thompson Bridge Co. derrick topples while being moved between
Refugio and Corral canyons; replaced by derrick from Los Angeles
Breakwater project (Mid-October).
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61-foot bridge over Refugio Creek is completed (Late October).
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Crews
complete Arroyo Hondo Bridge (541 feet long; (Late November).
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811-foot
trestle at Gaviota is opened (Dec. 12).
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Gap
is closed when last spike is driven at Cementerio, 23 miles
west of Goleta (Dec. 31); first train passes over the Cementerio
Bridge at about 7 p.m.
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1901
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Full train service begins on the Coast Line from San Francisco
to Los Angeles (March 31).
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CONTINUE:
3.
Goleta
Depot: The Southern Pacific Years, 1901-1975.
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