The section adjacent to the Port of Oakland, which includes Port View Park, was originally part of the Oakland Long Wharf or Oakland Pier−Mole, which was the massive western terminus of the Southern Pacific Railroad into San Francisco Bay.
The area adjacent to the Port of Oakland, including Port View Park, was initially part of the Oakland Long Wharf or Oakland Pier−Mole, which functioned as the primary western terminus of the Southern Pacific Railroad into San Francisco Bay.