Transcontinental railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Transcontinental_railroad

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:buildingCompleted	1869
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Golden_Spike_National_Historical_Park
gptkbp:completedIn	gptkb:Promontory_Summit May 10, 1869
gptkbp:connectedTo	gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:connectsCity	gptkb:Omaha gptkb:Sacramento
gptkbp:constructionStartYear	1863
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employs	gptkb:Chinese_immigrants Irish immigrants Civil War veterans
gptkbp:enables	economic development coast-to-coast travel faster mail delivery
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	westward expansion Native American displacement industrial growth
gptkbp:length	about 1,912 miles
gptkbp:listedOn	gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:significance	first railroad to connect the eastern and western United States
gptkbp:symbolizes	gptkb:Golden_Spike
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:How_the_West_Was_Won
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Transcontinental railroad