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It marks the point where the transcontinental railroad system was completed.
Promontory Point, Utah
The transcontinental railroad took about six years to complete. The final spike was driven at Promontory Point, UT on May 10, 1869.
Construction of the transcontinental railroad pushed west from Council Bluffs near Omaha, Nebraska. The company responsible for the east to west portion of the transcontinental railroad was the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The railroads met in Promontary Point, Utah.
They met at Promontory Point, Utah, on May 10, 1869 to commemorate the completion of the transcontinental railroad.