Union Pacific Railroad (original railroad company)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Union_Pacific_Railroad_(original_railroad_company)
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:built gptkb:First_Transcontinental_Railroad
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1880
gptkbp:connectedTo gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateOfGoldenSpike May 10, 1869
gptkbp:firstPresident gptkb:Thomas_C._Durant
gptkbp:founded 1862
gptkbp:gauge standard gauge
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Omaha,_Nebraska
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Union Pacific Railroad (original railroad company)
gptkbp:incorporated gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1862
gptkbp:industry gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railway
gptkbp:metCentralPacificAt gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Echo_Canyon
gptkb:Dale_Creek_Bridge
gptkb:Devil's_Gate_Bridge
gptkb:Sherman_Summit
gptkb:Promontory_Summit
gptkb:Weber_Canyon
Laramie Mountains crossing
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Credit_Mobilier_scandal
completion of the first transcontinental railroad
construction of the Overland Route
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Grenville_Dodge
gptkb:Oliver_Ames,_Jr.
gptkb:Samuel_Reed
gptkb:John_Duff
gptkb:Thomas_C._Durant
gptkb:Sidney_Dillon
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:California
gptkb:Colorado
gptkb:Iowa
gptkb:Kansas
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Nebraska
gptkb:Utah
gptkb:Wyoming
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railway_(after_1880)
gptkbp:receivedLandGrantsFrom gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:route gptkb:Council_Bluffs,_Iowa
gptkbp:routeEnd gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah
gptkbp:stationCode gptkb:UP
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad_(as_a_holding_company)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6