Description
| Built on |
| 1887 |
| Built by |
| Possibly by Sonoma Valley Improvement Company |
| Location |
| N38° 18' 02", W122° 29' 10 |
| Last used |
| Unknown |
| Status |
| TBD |
History
In 1887 when Carlton E. Watkins came out to take pictures for the Sonoma Valley Improvement Company, the depot was mostly, if not fully, completed. He has a very nice image of the El Verano depot with engine in that collection.
The Watkins Photographs, 1887
The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley has collection titled "Photographic Views of El Verano and Vicinity, Sonoma Valley, California Taken by Carleton E. Watkins, [1887]". As we do not have permission to replicate those images here, we will only offer a set of links to the images in that collection that related to the El Verano Depot:
| :29 |
| Looking South from Top of Depot at El Verano, Showing Land of Sonoma Valley Improvement Company |
| :30 |
| Looking South from Top of Depot at El Verano, Showing Land of Sonoma Valley Improvement Company |
| :31 |
| Looking South from Top of Depot at El Verano, Showing Land of Sonoma Valley Improvement Company |
| :32 |
| Looking Southwest from Top of Depot at El Verano, Showing Townsite of El Verano Before Completion of Railroad, and Land of Sonoma Valley Improvement Company |
| :33 |
| Looking Southwest from Top of Depot at El Verano, Showing Townsite of El Verano Before Completion of Railroad, and Land of Sonoma Valley Improvement Company |
| :34 |
| Looking West from Top of Depot at El Verano, Showing Townsite of El Verano Before Completion of Railroad, and Land of Sonoma Valley Improvement Company |
| :35 |
| Looking Northwest from Top of Depot at El Verano, Showing Land of Sonoma Valley Company, and Sonoma Mountain Beyond |
| :36 |
| Water Tank and Construction Camp, at El Verano, Showing Hotel Knoll Beyond |
| :37 |
| Depot Building at El Verano, View from the South, Before Completion |
| :38 |
| Depot Buildings at El Verano, Taken Before Completion |
| :39 |
| Depot Building at El Verano, View from the South, Before Completion |
| :40 |
| Depot Buildings at El Verano, Taken Before Completion |
| :41 |
| Panorama View of Sonoma Valley, Looking Southwest from the Eastern Foothills, Across the Lower Portion of the Valley (No.1) |
| :42 |
| Panorama View of Sonoma Valley, Looking West from the Eastern Foothills Across the Central Portion of the Valley, Showing El Verano Depot and Townsite, Before Completion of Railroad (No.2) |
See Also
References
- Photographic Views of El Verano and Vicinity, Sonoma Valley, California Taken by Carleton E. Watkins, [1887], Online Archive of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, 1996.
