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The Pennsylvania Railroad was built by John Edgar Thomson.
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Railroad cross ties made out of wood would float. Concrete railroad ties would not float.
the money from railroad would pay for taxes and the mortgage
Because it made travel and transportation of goods much faster. They didn't have cars in 1869 when the first Transcontinental Railroad was built in America, so long trips could easily take months before they built it.
He wanted to bring the people of Canada closer together. So he built a railroad that stretched across Canada. This railroad made it easier to trade goods and travel.
The two companies that worked on the transcontinental railroad were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific. The Union Pacific started at Omaha and the Central started in CA.