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Transcontinental Railroad Timeline Share: Copy Link Courtesy: National Archives. 1769 Scottish mechanical engineer James Watt patents his design for the first practical steam ...
The 1,912-mile continuous railroad line is often considered the greatest technological feat of the 19th century. The U-shaped configuration of glass cases contains a chronological retelling of the ...
As Utah celebrates the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad in May, a new gallery at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah campus showcases three photographers' work ...
Utah will mark the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad with gatherings, plays, music, film screenings and fireworks around the state this week. On Friday, Jupiter and No. 119 ...
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a series looking back at the history and impact of the transcontinental railroad, which was completed 150 years ago this year. KELTON, Box Elder County ...
Durant had been ousted from Crédit Mobilier and the Union Pacific long before then, resigning his posts shortly after the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869.
The ceremony that marked the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, as the Central Pacific and and Union Pacific railroads were joined at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
A 43-foot golden spike — a monument to the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 — has arrived in Utah, stopping at the Utah State Capitol on its way to its ultimate home in Box ...
America's first transcontinental railroad was completed with a golden spike 145 years ago. Thousands of Chinese workers helped build it, but their faces were left out of photos from that historic day.
Descendants of the Chinese railroad workers, who helped complete the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, were among the thousands gathered in Utah on Friday for the anniversary.