Central Pacific line from Sacramento, California

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The Central Pacific line from Sacramento, California was the western segment of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad, built eastward over the Sierra Nevada to meet the Union Pacific line at Promontory Summit in 1869.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line ⓘ
segment of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
builtBy Central Pacific Railroad Company of California ⓘ
connectedTo Union Pacific main line at Promontory Summit ⓘ
constructionBegan 1863 ⓘ
constructionDirection eastward ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crosses American River ⓘ
currentOperator Union Pacific Railroad (successor to Southern Pacific) ⓘ
currentUse freight rail corridor on much of its original alignment ⓘ
dateOfSignificantEvent 1869-05-10 ⓘ
endPoint Promontory Summit, Utah Territory ⓘ
engineeringChallenge heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
engineeringSolution extensive snow sheds in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
fundedBy Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
granted federal construction subsidies ⓘ
federal land grants ⓘ
historicalDesignation part of a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ⓘ
part of a National Historic Landmark District at Promontory Summit ⓘ
historicalRole western segment of the first rail link between the U.S. Pacific and Atlantic coasts ⓘ
laterBecamePartOf Southern Pacific Overland Route ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Utah Territory ⓘ
metWith Union Pacific Railroad line at Promontory Summit ⓘ
notablePass Donner Pass ⓘ
notableStructure Summit Tunnel (Tunnel No. 6) in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
operator Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
partOf First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
passesThrough Auburn, California ⓘ
Battle Mountain, Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Battle Mountain

Carlin, Nevada ⓘ
Colfax, California ⓘ
Elko, Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Elko

Great Basin ⓘ
Humboldt River valley ⓘ
linked to: Humboldt River

Reno, Nevada ⓘ
Truckee, California ⓘ
linked to: Truckee

Wadsworth, Nevada ⓘ
Winnemucca, Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Winnemucca
significantEvent completion of first U.S. transcontinental railroad ⓘ
startPoint Sacramento, California ⓘ
linked to: Sacramento
successorOperator Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
traverses Sierra Nevada ⓘ
usedLaborFrom Chinese immigrant workers ⓘ
Civil War veterans ⓘ
Irish immigrant workers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Golden Spike ceremony → railroadEndpointWest → Central Pacific line from Sacramento, California ⓘ
Summit Tunnel in the Sierra Nevada → partOf → Central Pacific Railroad line ⓘ
linked to: Central Pacific line from Sacramento, California