The Port and Town of Alviso

The Port and Town of Alviso (HMG6Z)

Location: Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Santa Clara County
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N 37° 25.793', W 121° 58.754'

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The Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department and
The Santa Clara Valley Water District dedicated the Alviso Marina
County Park on September 24, 2005.

First known to the Ohlone Indians, the lands of The Alviso Marina County Park reflect the area's historic past. In 1838, under Mexican rule, the Rancho de los Esteros was granted to Ygnacio Alviso. He provided a dock that became a gateway for boats trading hides, tallow, hay, grain, produce, lumber, and quicksilver from the New Almaden Mines. Later in 1849 the area surveyed and The Port of Alviso soon exhibited a brisk commerce including travelers principally bound for San Francisco and Sacramento.

The accepted decline of the port began in 1864 with the completion of the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad Alviso. In 1871 the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad reached Alviso but did not lend to the area's recovery as hydraulic mining conducted in the Sierra foothills had silted the lower San Francisco Bay. In 1890 flooding of the town doomed a sales promotion of residential lots. Thomas Foon Chew created the Bayside Canning Company in 1906, then the third largest in the world. The cannery and agricultural users continued to draw upon the Valley's aquifer, causing a decrease in the area's elevation.

Dedicated by the Santa Clara County Historic Heritage Commission
& The Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department
March 25, 2006

Sponsored by

Alviso Rotary Club, Rotary International
Mountain Charlie Chapter No. 1850, E Clampus Vitus
Details
HM NumberHMG6Z
Series This marker is part of the E Clampus Vitus series
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Year Placed2006
Placed ByAlviso Rotary Club, Rotary International and the Mountain Charlie Chapter No. 1850, E Clampus Vitus
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 2:48pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)10S E 590311 N 4143051
Decimal Degrees37.42988333, -121.97923333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 25.793', W 121° 58.754'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 25' 47.58" N, 121° 58' 45.24" W
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Area Code(s)408, 650
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 621 Mills St, Sunnyvale CA 94089, US
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