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The golden spike (also known as The Last Spike) connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory on May 10, 1869.

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Promomtory Utah is important?

Promontory, Utah is significant because it was the meeting place of the transcontinental rail road from the west and the east and it was were the golden spike was driven by President Grant.


On what day was the last spike driven in to complete the transconrinenrtal rail road?

May 10, 1869. The spike was made of over 14 troy ounces of gold, and was dropped into a pre-drilled hole. The date inscribedon it is May 8, 1869, but bad weather delayed the ceremony until the 10th. This took place at Promontory Summit, in the Utah Territory.


Where is the golden spike ceremony celebrated?

The 'Last Spike Ceremony' takes place at the end of completing a railroad. This has happened many times as there have been many railroads constructed. The ceremony involves driving a gold plated rail spike in the last tie of the road. (A gold spike wouldn't do as gold is too soft a metal.)


What was the large nail used to build railroads?

That large nail is called a railroad spike.


What happened when Governor Stanford tried to drive in the last spike on the railroad?

When they came to drive the last spike, Governor Stanford, president of the Central Pacific, took the sledge, and the first time he struck he missed the spike and hit the rail.


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