Transcontinental railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Transcontinental_railroad
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Transcontinental railroad
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 5