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Promontory Utah
The official meeting point for the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific was at Promontory Summit, Utah (also known as Promontory Point) Utah on 10 May 1869.
The two railroads that linked up at Promontory, Utah to create the 1st transcontinental railroad were the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad.
they met at promontory point in a state
On May 10, 1869, the Central Pacific Railroad CO. and the Union Pacific Railroad CO. met at Promontory Point in UTAH.
They met at Promontory Point, Utah, on May 10, 1869 to commemorate the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
The transcontinental railroad was built by the Union Pacific Railroad going west from Omaha, Nebraska. They built their part of the railroad to Promontory, Utah. The Central Pacific Railroad built the other part of the transcontinental railroad starting in Sacramento, California and built east meeting the Union Pacific Railroad.
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The last golden railroad spike is at Promontory, Utah May 10, 1869,as the Union Pacific Tracks joined the Central Pacific railroad tracks
it took about six years to build the transcontinental railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad met the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869.