Completion of First Transcontinental Railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Completion_of_First_Transcontinental_Railroad
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:celebratedIn gptkb:Golden_Spike_ceremony
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Golden_Spike_National_Historical_Park
gptkbp:date May 10, 1869
gptkbp:employs gptkb:Chinese_immigrants
Irish immigrants
Civil War veterans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Completion of First Transcontinental Railroad
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:Charles_Crocker
gptkb:Leland_Stanford
gptkb:Grenville_Dodge
gptkb:Thomas_Durant
gptkbp:location gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah_Territory
gptkbp:mediaCoverage telegraph announcement
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1862
gptkbp:resultedIn economic growth
faster coast-to-coast travel
increased westward expansion
decline of wagon trains
gptkbp:significance connected the eastern and western United States by rail
gptkbp:symbolizes technological progress
American unity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Central_Pacific_Jupiter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7