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Great Northern Railway Company
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Northern_Railway_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved
1970
gptkbp:foundedBy
gptkb:James_J._Hill
gptkbp:foundedYear
1889
gptkbp:headquartersLocation
gptkb:Saint_Paul,_Minnesota
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
only privately funded transcontinental railroad in the US
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Great Northern Railway Company
gptkbp:industry
gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:logo
gptkb:Rocky_the_Goat
gptkbp:mergedInto
gptkb:Burlington_Northern_Railroad
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Cascade_Tunnel
gptkb:Stone_Arch_Bridge
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Louis_W._Hill
gptkb:Ralph_Budd
gptkbp:notableStation
gptkb:Oriental_Limited
gptkb:Empire_Builder
gptkbp:operatesIn
gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkb:Pacific_Northwest
gptkbp:parentCompany
gptkb:Great_Northern_Railway_Company_(UK)_(no_relation)
gptkbp:route
St. Paul to Seattle
gptkbp:servesCity
gptkb:Minneapolis
gptkb:Seattle
gptkb:Spokane
gptkb:Fargo
gptkb:Glacier_National_Park
gptkbp:stockSymbol
GN
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Burlington_Northern_Railroad
gptkbp:trackGauge
standard gauge
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Great_Northern_Railway_(former)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7