First Transcontinental Railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/First_Transcontinental_Railroad

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:approvedBy	gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act
gptkbp:builtBy	Chinese laborers Irish laborers
gptkbp:category	gptkb:National_Historic_Civil_Engineering_Landmark gptkb:Historic_American_Engineering_Record
gptkbp:completedIn	1869
gptkbp:connectedTo	gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:constructionStartYear	1863
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endPoint	gptkb:Sacramento,_California
gptkbp:engineeredFor	gptkb:Grenville_Dodge gptkb:Theodore_Judah
gptkbp:fundedBy	land grants U.S. government bonds
gptkbp:gauge	standard gauge
gptkbp:goldenSpikeDriven	May 10, 1869
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite	gptkb:Golden_Spike_National_Historical_Park
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	First Transcontinental Railroad
gptkbp:impact	displacement of Native Americans facilitated westward expansion boosted economic development
gptkbp:joinedAt	gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah
gptkbp:legacy	influenced future railroad construction part of the Overland Route symbol of American progress
gptkbp:length	1,912 miles
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Golden_Spike_Ceremony
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Charles_Crocker gptkb:Leland_Stanford gptkb:Grenville_Dodge gptkb:Theodore_Judah gptkb:Mark_Hopkins gptkb:Thomas_Durant gptkb:Collis_P._Huntington
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:reducedTravelTime	months to about one week
gptkbp:route	gptkb:Rocky_Mountains gptkb:Sierra_Nevada gptkb:Great_Basin gptkb:Great_Plains
gptkbp:significance	first rail link between eastern and western United States
gptkbp:startPoint	gptkb:Omaha,_Nebraska
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sierra_Nevada_tunnels gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act gptkb:Western_Pacific_Railway_(1862–1870) gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6