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It allowed Americans to travel from coast to coast.
Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad was finished on May 10, 1869.
Theodore Judah was the first chief engineer of what became the transcontinental railroad.
The transcontinental railroad is 690 miles long.
In addition to people, the transcontinental railroad shipped things like mail, supplies, and trade goods could now be shipped across the country in just a few days. The railroad was built between 1863 and 1869.
Cattle and goods.
The Transcontinental Railroad was important, as it was the first railroad that connected both the East and West coasts, and it made a quicker, more efficient way to transport people and goods to different places.
allowed goods to be shipped all over the country
Transcontinental railroad
It allowed Americans to travel from coast to coast.
Transcontinental Railroad
Goods produced in one region could be sent to another and sold.
Spanned from the East coast to the West coast making travel faster and goods distribution easier.
Goods produced in one region could be sent to another and sold. (ApEX)
The Chinese started building the Transcontinental railroad in 1863 and the Transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.