The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was enacted by President Abraham Lincoln to garner federal support for construction of the transcontinental ... A map of the Union Pacific Railroad route in 1868.

He explained that the placement of everything helped the team map out where the buildings ... documents — in a way that conveys the transcontinental railroad's significance.

On May 10, 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed after nearly six years of construction, making travel and trade between the east and west coast easier than ever before.

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed 150 years ago, in 1869. In 1800s America, some saw the railroad as a symbol of modernity and national progress. For others, however, the Transcontinental ...

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The Railroad That Changed America Forever Posted: March 14, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 May 10, 1869 - A golden spike was driven, marking the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Instead, in the 1860s, teams of Chinese labourers blasted through the granite and painstakingly hand-chiselled 15 shafts through the Sierra Nevada so that the first transcontinental railroad could ...

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“If one argues that history is sort of a prism—that you look at the past in order to understand the present and the future—go no further than the transcontinental railroad,” says ...

A memorial to the Chinese laborers who worked on the transcontinental railroad is set to be placed near the Utah Capitol — and state Sen. Karen Kwan said it’s “very emotional to be able to ...