First Transcontinental Railroad (United States)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/First_Transcontinental_Railroad_(United_States)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:approvedBy	gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1862
gptkbp:builtBy	gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:completedIn	1869
gptkbp:connects	gptkb:Oakland,_California gptkb:Council_Bluffs,_Iowa
gptkbp:constructionStartYear	1863
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:easternTerminus	gptkb:Oakland,_California gptkb:Council_Bluffs,_Iowa
gptkbp:employs	gptkb:Chinese_immigrants Irish immigrants Civil War veterans
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 gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	First Transcontinental Railroad (United States)
gptkbp:impact	accelerated settlement of the American West boosted U.S. economy reduced coast-to-coast travel time
gptkbp:influenced	subsequent transcontinental railroads
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act
gptkbp:length	about 1,912 miles
gptkbp:meetingPlace	gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Golden_Spike_Ceremony
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Charles_Crocker gptkb:Leland_Stanford gptkb:Mark_Hopkins gptkb:Collis_P._Huntington gptkb:Thomas_C._Durant
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:route	gptkb:California gptkb:Colorado gptkb:Iowa gptkb:Nebraska gptkb:Nevada gptkb:Sacramento,_California gptkb:Utah gptkb:Wyoming gptkb:Omaha,_Nebraska
gptkbp:significance	first rail link between eastern and western United States
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Transcontinental_Railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7