Ted Judah
After finishing the transcontinental railroad,the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads met in Utah.
The US doesn't have a transcontinental RR ... Canada has two. The joining of the UP & the SP railroads took place in 1869 ... and they finally merged about 10 years age.
If this question refers to the US's transcontinental railroad, then the answer is Promontory Point, Utah. There in the Spring of 1869, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met, creating the US's transcontinental railroad.
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Building of railroads helped make inland transportation and commerce possible in the US. During the Civil War, work on the railroads came to a halt. After the war, the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869.
There were five transcontinental railroads in the US in 1900.
There were five transcontinental railroads in the US in 1900.
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Railroads; the transcontinental railroad was essential to the development.
No. The transcontinental line was completed in 1869, which was four decades plus after the first railroads began operating in the US. Before this railroad was made there were already many other railroads in the eastern United States, but there were so many travelers to the west that the government wanted to make it easier for people to move out west with the Transcontinental Railroad.
why did they build the transcontinental railroad
assembly lines, transcontinental railroads, and steam tractors
It was built by private enterprise, while Europeans railroads were government projects.
The construction began in 1863.
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The eastern and western parts of the transcontinental railroad met at Promontory Summit, Utah.
After finishing the transcontinental railroad,the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads met in Utah.