Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860
GPTKB entity
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:approvedBy |
construction of transcontinental telegraph
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| gptkbp:benefit |
telegraph companies
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| gptkbp:category |
1860 in American law
Telecommunications law |
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
June 16, 1860
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
enabled first transcontinental telegraph in the United States
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860
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| gptkbp:locationEffected |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to facilitate the construction of a telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Western_Union
gptkb:Overland_Telegraph_Company |
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act
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| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:James_Buchanan
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:transcontinental_telegraph
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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