Transcontinental Railroad - Construction, Competition & Impact

In 1862, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies began building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. Over the next seven years, the two companies raced toward each other from Sacramento, California on the one side to Omaha, Nebraska on the other, struggling against great risks before they met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869.

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Transcontinental Railroad history: Importance, workers, challenges

History

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Promontory Summit

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