Talk of a transcontinentalrailroad started in 1830, shortly after steam powered railroads were invented in Great Britain and began to be introduced into the United states
it ended on may 10.1869. i should know i spend 5hours reaserching on it! :) :] It actually was completed in 1873 with the bridge over the Missouri river between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska. Prior to that they would have to stop and ferry the passengers and freight over the river.
May 10, 1869 was when they drove the golden spike when the tracks met in Utah
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The transcontinental railroad opened the United States for travel and settlement in a way that no other transportation system was able to accomplish. This railroad allowed people and products to be moved from one end of the country to the other.
The Transcontinental Railroad Acts, also known as the Pacific Railroad acts, were acts passed in the early 1860s to encourage the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Construction was incentivized by giving land and bonds to the railroad companies.
Union and Central Pasific Railroad actually met in Promontory, Utah, on May 10 1869 to create the first Transcontinental Railroad.
The Transcontinental Railroad began in San Francisco Bay area and ended in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where it connected to the existing Eastern U. S. rail network. The railroad opened for through traffic on May 10, 1869.
The transcontinental railroad ended in Utah with a golden spike and bronze spike.
The Transcontinental Railroad was finished on May 10, 1869.
The First Transcontinental Railroad opened for traffic on May 10, 1869.
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