IN ROCKLIN, HISTORIC SITES
HISTORIC SITES IN ROCKLIN
Brigham and Hawes Quarry
A quarry is located on the west side of Pacific Street behind the tire store near Farron Road and Pacific Street. At the south rim, granite boulders are used for rock climbing. There is a Rocklin quarries here that dates back decades, but old-timers know it as one of the city's oldest. Quarry operations here started in 1861, according to a plaque at the site.
Granite from this quarry was probably used to construct the transcontinental railroad after tracks reached Rocklin from Sacramento in 1864, since it borders the Rocklins rail corridor. Although this is a deep quarry, it has plenty of trash, including junk cars and lumber processors' refuse from the mid-20th century that border the north and south walls.
Rocklins Railroad Depot
In 2007, this depot was built on Rocklin Road, near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks on Railroad Avenue. This is where Rocklin's original depot, built about 1867, was located; it had a telegraph office and a saloon called John Sweeney's. I walked across the tracks to a freight depot. 1891 was