| 词条 | Secret Town, California |
| 释义 |
|name = Secret |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type =Unincorporated community |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map =California#USA |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in California |pushpin_image=California Locator Map with US.PNG | unit_pref =US |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{USA}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|California}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Placer County | |established_title = |established_date = |coordinates = {{coord|39|09|26|N|120|52|40|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = [1] |elevation_m =885 |elevation_ft =2904 |footnotes = }}Secret Town is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.[1] It is located {{convert|5|mi|km|1}} northeast of Colfax,[2] at an elevation of 2904 feet (885 m).[1] NameSecret Town has been noted for its unusual place name.[3] After miners discovered gold in this area, miners wanted to keep the location a secret, and hence the place has this unusual name.[4] Railway bridge{{multiple image | total_width = 500 | image1 = Secret Town Trestle on the Central Pacific Railroad's grade, well west of Donner Summit, circa 1870 (with train).jpg | caption1 = Secret Town trestle, ca. 1870 | image2 = Chinese laborers fill Secret Town trestle.jpg | caption2 = Chinese laborers fill Secret Town trestle, 1877 }} The 1100 ft (335 m) long and 95 ft (29 m) high Secret Town wooden trestle on the Central Pacific Railroad's grade, like most of the other trestles of the line, was filled in with earth and rock after the railroad opened to traffic and could afford to send Chinese laborers back to improve the right-of-way by reducing the risk of catching fire from smokestack sparks as steam locomotives crossed.[4] References1. ^1 2 {{gnis|1656283}} {{Placer County, California}}{{PlacerCountyCA-geo-stub}}2. ^{{California's Geographic Names|553}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=George E.|title=You Live Where?: Interesting and Unusual Facts about where We Live|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Ia7Rga26OkC&pg=PA12|date=1 July 2009|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4401-3421-0|page=12}} 4. ^1 [https://exploreapaheritage.com/index.php/sites/secret-town-fill/ Secret Town Fill.]] Explore APA Heritage - Chinese Heritage Sites of the American West. 3 : Unincorporated communities in California|Unincorporated communities in Placer County, California|Railway bridges in the United States |
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