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Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Placer County, California, United States. [10] Its population was 13,776 during the 2020 census. Auburn is known for its California Gold Rush history and is registered as a California Historical Landmark. [11] Auburn is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area .
Foresthill Bridge. / 38.9224; -121.0387. The Foresthill Bridge, also referred to as the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge or the Auburn Bridge, is a road bridge crossing over the North Fork American River in Placer County and the Sierra Nevada foothills, in eastern California. It is the highest bridge by deck height in California, the fourth highest in ...
200–750 MW. Auburn Dam was a proposed concrete arch dam on the North Fork of the American River east of the town of Auburn, California, in the United States, on the border of Placer and El Dorado Counties. Slated to be completed in the 1970s by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, it would have been the tallest concrete dam in California and one ...
Secret Ravine (also Auburn Station) is a former settlement in Placer County, California. [1] Secret Ravine is located 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Newcastle. [1] Correction: Gardiner writes in 1854 that the Secret Ravine Post Office is "near the Hawes Ranch." Elisha Hawes lived in Township 9, the 1860 census shows him continuing to receive ...
The California Central Railroad (CCRR) was established April 21, 1857, to build a railroad from Folsom to Marysville as an extension of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, which was completed in 1856 from Sacramento to Folsom. [3] [4] The president of California Central was Colonel C. L. Wilson and chief engineer was his friend Theodore Judah.
Placer County, California. ( 2020) Placer County ( / ˈplæsər / PLASS-ərr; Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739. [4] The county seat is Auburn. [5] Placer County is included in the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area.
Virginiatown is located on Auburn Ravine, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Auburn. [2] Virginiatown is California Historical Landmark #400. [3] The town was the site of one of California's first railroads, built in 1852 to carry gold ore from the mines to Auburn Ravine. [4] After the first wave of gold mining ended, wood-cutting became an important ...
Mountain Quarries Bridge. / 38.91278°N 121.04028°W / 38.91278; -121.04028. The Mountain Quarries Bridge is a railroad bridge across the North Fork American River, near Auburn, spanning between El Dorado and Placer counties. It is a concrete arch bridge that was built in 1912 to transport quarried rock.