Tri-City History A-Z in Photographs #22: Union — South Pacific Coast Railroad Depot at Drawbridge (Fremont). Courtesy of Washington Township Museum of Local History

Tri-City History A-Z in Photographs #22: Union

Union High School, Union Pacific, Union Sanitary and Union Street

By: Kelsey Camello, for the Washington Township Museum of Local History

November 4, 2025

Flood at Union Street at Five Corners, Irvington (Fremont). Mass flooding of Alameda Creek (the largest stream in the county) was a common occurrence before the establishment of the Alameda County Flood Control District (1949) and the flood control channel, which was built in the 1960s. Photos courtesy of Washington Township Museum of Local History

South Pacific Coast Railroad Depot at Drawbridge (Fremont). The South Pacific Coast Railroad was acquired by the Southern Pacific Railroad, which later merged with the Union Pacific Corporation. Today, the Capitol Corridor rail train runs daily past the old Drawbridge site.

Union High School, No. 2 – Centerville (Fremont). Union High School, which was also known as Washington Union High School, and now simply as Washington High School, opened in 1891 and remains part of the Fremont Unified School District today.

Union Sanitary District survey party, near Coyote Hills (Fremont). The Union Sanitary District was founded in 1918 and continues to serve the residents of Fremont, Newark and Union City to this day.

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