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Joining of the Rails - Transcontinental Railroad
Joining of the Rails - Transcontinental Railroad
Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Rail Transportation Era: 1860-1869 DateCreated: 1869 Golden Spike Rd Promontory State: UT Zip: 84307 Country: USA Website: http://www.asce.org/project/joining-of-the-rails--transcontinental-rr/ Creator: Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad

"May God continue the unity of our Country as this Railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world."  
- Inscription on the ceremonial Golden Spike 

The symbolic Golden Spike, staked in Promontory, Utah in 1869, marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, joining the Union Pacific Railroad from the East and the Central Pacific Railroad from the west. 

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Image Credit: Courtesy of the National Park Service Image Caption: A crowd of 1,500 assembled in Promontory for the ceremony to join the rails and, symbolically, the nation. Era_date_from: 1869
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Joining of the Rails - Transcontinental Railroad

Joining of the Rails - Transcontinental Railroad

"May God continue the unity of our Country as this Railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world."  
- Inscription on the ceremonial Golden Spike 

The symbolic Golden Spike, staked in Promontory, Utah in 1869, marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad,…

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