First Transcontinental Railroad

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The First Transcontinental Railroad was the 19th-century rail line that first connected the eastern and western United States by land, revolutionizing cross-country travel, commerce, and settlement.

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Generate an image of the First Transcontinental Railroad (The First Transcontinental Railroad was the 19th-century rail line that first connected the eastern and western United States by land, revolutionizing cross-country travel, commerce, and settlement.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic infrastructure project ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
transcontinental railroad ⓘ
authorizedBy Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 ⓘ
builtBy Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
connects Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
Sacramento, California ⓘ
linked to: Sacramento

eastern United States ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1869 ⓘ
constructionMethod manual labor ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1863 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateCompleted 1869-05-10 ⓘ
endPoint Sacramento, California ⓘ
linked to: Sacramento
fundingModel federal land grants ⓘ
government bonds ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
GoldenSpikeLocation Promontory Summit, Utah Territory ⓘ
heritageStatus National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ⓘ
impact accelerated economic development of the American West ⓘ
displacement of many Native American communities ⓘ
expanded national market for goods ⓘ
strengthened political unity of the United States ⓘ
inception 1862 ⓘ
laborForce Chinese immigrant workers ⓘ
Civil War veterans ⓘ
Irish immigrant workers ⓘ
Mormon workers ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
notableStructure Summit Tunnel in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
openingDate 1869-05-10 ⓘ
partOf United States railroad network ⓘ
passesThrough California ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Utah Territory ⓘ
linked to: Utah

Wyoming Territory ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming
primaryPurpose encourage western settlement ⓘ
facilitate cross-country transportation ⓘ
promote commerce ⓘ
reducedTravelTimeBetweenCoastsTo about one week ⓘ
replaced months-long overland wagon travel ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
significantEvent Golden Spike ceremony ⓘ
startPoint Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8.5 in ⓘ

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Hell on Wheels → mainSetting → First Transcontinental Railroad construction ⓘ
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Hell on Wheels → subject → Construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
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Promontory Summit, Utah Territory → significantEvent → driving of the Golden Spike ⓘ
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Promontory Summit, Utah Territory → partOf → First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
Promontory Summit, Utah Territory → category → First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States ⓘ
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Theodore Judah → playedKeyRoleIn → First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
The Associates → associatedWith → First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
Big Four of the Central Pacific → associatedWith → First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
Samuel S. Montague → partOf → First Transcontinental Railroad project ⓘ
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Gunnison–Beckwith survey → partOf → United States transcontinental railroad route studies ⓘ
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