Peter Donahue
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Peter Donahue, a founder of industrial San Francisco, made his way to gold-rush San Francisco aboard the steamship Oregon by way of Peru.[citation needed]
In 1849, Peter and his brothers (Michael and James) opened a blacksmith's shop at First and Mission Streets. Later, they expanded it into a foundry (which became known as the Union Iron Works) and added a gas works,[1] the San Francisco Gas Company, a forerunner of Pacific Gas and Electric Company.[2]
In 1860, Donahue organized the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, and in the 1870's he built a North Bay line from Donahue, California (at on Petaluma Creek[3]) to Cazadero, California which eventually became the Northwestern Pacific Railroad.[1] Donohoe built the first railroad to serve Santa Rosa, California.[4]
Peter Donahue was a respected industrialist of 1870's San Francisco. The Mechanics Monument in San Francisco, unveiled in 1901, was a tribute to the Donahue brothers' contributions, commissioned by his son James Mervyn Donahue.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Dillon, Richard. Those Amazing Donahue Boys. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ^ a b Anderson (May 15, 2001). The Mechanics Monument. Sandow Museum. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ^ USGS GNIS: Donahue
- ^ Gaye LeBaron (September 30, 1990). It was a long way to Gettysburg. Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
