Donald A. Smith
Promontory Point, Utah
That large nail is called a railroad spike.
Governor Leland Stanford certainly drove in one, but there may have been more than just one Golden Spike.
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific built the transcontinental railroad and when it was finished, a golden spike was nailed when it was finished to celebrate the event.
A golden spike was a railroad spike used in celebrating the wedding of the rails.
The railroad spike used in celebrating the wedding of the rails was the golden spike.
The transcontinental railroad ended in Utah with a golden spike and bronze spike.
Zip, notta, nothing, they are easy to find,
With a spike...
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The last golden railroad spike is at Promontory, Utah May 10, 1869,as the Union Pacific Tracks joined the Central Pacific railroad tracks
The golden spike was famous for finishing the transcontinental railroad in America.
It depends on which railroad your talking about. Leland Stanford drove the Golden Spike on the Transcontinental Railroad. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah.
Roughly 200 lbs
leland standford put the golden spike into the railroad in Utah
It was called "The Golden Spike". It also was known as "The Last Spike".