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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:event
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gptkbp:commemoration
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gptkb:historical_site
Annual reenactment events
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gptkbp:construction_started
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1863
1869
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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Promoted the idea of Manifest Destiny
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gptkbp:economic_impact
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Boosted the economy of the western United States
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Part of the American Industrial Revolution
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Symbol of American progress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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First Transcontinental Railroad trip
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gptkbp:impact
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Facilitated westward expansion
Increased trade and travel
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gptkbp:involved
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gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
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gptkbp:is_celebrated_in
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Golden Spike Ceremony
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gptkbp:legacy
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Influenced transportation policies
Led to the development of more railroads
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah
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gptkbp:occurs_in
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May 10, 1869
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gptkbp:participants
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gptkb:Leland_Stanford
gptkb:Thomas_C._Durant
Governor of Utah Territory, John W. Dawson
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gptkbp:related_event
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gptkb:The_Great_Race_to_Promontory
gptkb:The_Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1862
gptkb:Completion_of_the_Transcontinental_Railroad
The driving of the Last Spike
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gptkbp:route
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1,907 miles long
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gptkbp:significance
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First railroad to connect the eastern U. S. with the Pacific coast
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gptkbp:trains
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The Jupiter
The No. 119
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gptkbp:uses_technology
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Steam locomotives
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Iron_Horse
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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