Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, 1869

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Completion_of_the_First_Transcontinental_Railroad_at_Promontory_Summit,_Utah,_1869
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:attendedBy gptkb:Leland_Stanford
gptkb:Grenville_Dodge
gptkb:Thomas_Durant
gptkb:Samuel_S._Montague
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Golden_Spike_National_Historical_Park
gptkb:Golden_Spike_ceremony
gptkbp:contributedTo westward expansion
economic growth of the United States
gptkbp:date May 10, 1869
gptkbp:enables coast-to-coast travel by rail
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, 1869
gptkbp:laborForceIncluded gptkb:Chinese_immigrants
Irish immigrants
gptkbp:location gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah_Territory
gptkbp:reducedTravelTime months to about one week
gptkbp:resultedIn first continuous rail line across the United States
gptkbp:significance linked the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads
gptkbp:symbolizes driving of the Golden Spike
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Central_Pacific
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6