Niles Canyon
Niles Canyon is a canyon in the San Francisco Bay Area formed by Alameda Creek, known for its heritage railroad and silent movie history. The canyon is largely in an unincorporated area of Alameda County, while the western portion of the canyon lies within the city limits of Fremont and Union City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 82 feet
- Description: canyon in San Francisco East Bay known for silent movie and first transcontinental railway
- Also known as: “Alameda Canyon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vallejo Flour Mill and Niles Depot Museum.
Vallejo Flour Mill
Ruins
Photo: Infosquawk, Public domain.
The first Vallejo Flour Mill, in the Niles district of Fremont, California, was built in 1841 by José de Jesús Vallejo, elder brother of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, on his Rancho Arroyo de la Alameda, along with a dam and aqueduct to power it.
Niles Depot Museum
Museum
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Niles Depot Museum is located in the former Southern Pacific Railroad colonnade-style passenger depot built in 1901, and freight depot, located in the Niles District of Fremont, California, United States.
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Museum
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is located in what is now the Niles district in the city of Fremont, California. The museum is housed in the Edison Theater building, a century-old Nickelodeon movie theater, just half a block from the former site of the Niles Essanay Studios where Broncho Billy and Charlie Chaplin made films in the 1910s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dresser and Shinn.
Dresser
Hamlet
Dresser is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. Its ZIP code is 94536 and its area codes are 510 and 341.
Shinn
Hamlet
Shinn was a former unincorporated community around the Western Pacific Railroad station, constructed 1909 on the south bank of Alameda Creek at the end of Shinn Street.
Pabrico
Hamlet
Pabrico is a neighborhood of Union City, Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 52 feet. Formerly an unincorporated community. Pabrico is named after Oakland Paving Brick Co. operated here from 1901 to 1912. Pabrico is situated 2 miles west of Niles Canyon.
Niles Canyon
- Categories: canyon and landform
- Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Niles Canyon” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “尼尔斯峡谷和”
- Chinese: “尼爾斯峽谷和”
- Japanese: “ナイルズ渓谷”
- Urdu: “نائلس کینین”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Niles Junction and Niles District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Niles Reservoir and Vallejo Mill Historical Park.
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