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 | | ALAMEDA, Spanish word for a grove of poplar trees, was originally a forest of giant coastal live oaks, wild flowers, thick under brush and poison oak, situated on a 2,200 acre peninsula, half marsh. |
 | | In 1884, the Alameda Pier was built, later ecoming the transportation connection for rail to ferries known as the "mole" when the Central and Southern Pacific railroads merged in 1894. |
 | | Alameda deeded the U.S. Government land in the west end for an elaborate 100 acre Army Base known as Benton Field, and another deed of 929 acres of tideland and sub- merged land in 1935, for $1, marked the beginning of Alameda as a Navy town. |
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