(Located at Lakeside Way and Folsom Dam Road, Folsom)
200 Lakeside Way Folsom CA 95630
38.7056001167025, -121.17223552093913
THE SACRAMENTO, PLACER AND NEVADA RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY
HERE YOU SEE THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SACRAMENTO, PLACER AND NEVADA RAILROAD. IT WAS DESIGNED BY THEODORE DEONE JUDAH (MARCH 4, 1826- NOVEMBER 2, 1863) AS CHIEF ENGINEER. CONCEIVED IN 1854 AND CONSTRUCTED IN 1861, IT RAN ABOUT THIRTEEN MILES FROM FOLSOM TO WILDWOOD, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 1862. IT CEASED OPERATION IN LATE 1864.
IT WAS NEVER LONG ENOUGH TO FULFILL JUDAH’S DREAM OF A CONTINENTAL PACIFIC RAILWAY AND ITS GUAGE WAS THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES TO WIDE.
NEW HELVETIA CHAPTER #5
E CLAMPUS VITUS
AUGUST 2 1975
(Located at Lakeside Way and Folsom Dam Road, Granite Bay)