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Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is a rail line and bicycle-pedestrian pathway project in Sonoma and Marin counties of the U.S. state of California. When completed, the entire system will serve a 70-mile (110 km) corridor between Cloverdale in northern Sonoma County and Larkspur Landing in Marin County. In 2023, the system had a ...
Puerto Suello Tunnel is a quarter-mile long rail tunnel in San Rafael, California. It was constructed in 1879, by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad. Background. The 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.4 km) long tunnel was built in 1879 by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad. It was partially destroyed in 1961 by a fire, which was set by two boys.
The Scholl Canyon Landfill is a municipal solid waste disposal facility and landfill located in the central San Rafael Hills, within eastern Glendale in Los Angeles County, southern California. [1][2] The 314 acres (127 ha) of land is located at 3001 Scholl Canyon Road, north of the Ventura Freeway (State Route 134), east of the Glendale ...
Canal Area, San Rafael, California. Coordinates: 37°57′45″N 122°30′7″W. Aerial view of the San Rafael Canal, looking west. The northern tip of the Canal Area is on the left, with Pickleweed Park in the central foreground. The Canal Area comprises two neighborhoods of San Rafael, California, designated by the city as the "Canal ...
San Francisco and Eureka Railway formed by Southern Pacific Railroad in 1903 to build a connection from Willits to Eureka. Merged into NWP in 1907. San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad (SF&NP) built from Donahue landing on the Petaluma River to Santa Rosa in 1870 and extended to Cloverdale in 1872. Extended from Petaluma to San Rafael in 1879.
Get the San Rafael, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded as the 20th Spanish mission in the colonial province of Alta California by three priests—Father Narciso Durán from Mission San José, Father Abella from Mission San Francisco de Asís, Father Luis Gíl y Taboada from La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles—on December 14, 1817, four years before Mexico gained independence from Spain.
The San Rafael Rock Quarry, also commonly known as the McNear Quarry, is a 172 acres (70 ha) granite quarry located east of San Rafael, California. Stone from the quarry has been used in many places, such as for levee maintenance in Novato and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and road improvement in Larkspur and San Francisco.