Transcontinental Railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Transcontinental_Railroad
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act
gptkbp:buildingCompleted 1869
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Council_Bluffs,_Iowa
gptkb:San_Francisco_Bay,_California
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1863
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employs gptkb:Chinese_immigrants
Irish immigrants
gptkbp:enables coast-to-coast travel
gptkbp:featuredIn American history textbooks
gptkbp:firstTranscontinentalRailroadIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:fundedBy land grants
U.S. government bonds
gptkbp:hasMonument gptkb:Golden_Spike_National_Historical_Park
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Transcontinental Railroad
gptkbp:influenced settlement of the American West
Native American displacement
gptkbp:joinedAt gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah
gptkbp:joinedYear May 10, 1869
gptkbp:length about 1,912 miles
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Golden_Spike_ceremony
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:replacedBy wagon trains
stagecoaches
gptkbp:significance economic development
westward expansion
reduced travel time
gptkbp:subjectOf museum exhibits
historical documentaries
gptkbp:symbolizes national unity
American ingenuity
gptkbp:trackGauge standard gauge
gptkbp:usedFor passenger transport
freight transport
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_West
gptkb:Charles_Crocker
gptkb:Leland_Stanford
gptkb:Union_Pacific
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Surveys
gptkb:American_frontier
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5