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Who rattled the horses of his enemy and aided the completion of the Union Pacific railroad?
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What is the nickname of the transcontinental railroad?
Iron horses is what they called the trains that traveled the railroad.
Why did Utah choose its quarter design?
Utah's State Quarter design honors the 1869 completion of the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Point. The Transcontinental Railroad was a huge engineering project that made it possible to travel from one side of the continent to the other by rail rather than using horses and wagons or sailing around Cape Horn.
Why did the colonist widen the foot trail?
they wanted more room for riding their horses
What kind of transportation does New Brunswick?
feet, horses, horse drawn carriages and boats, and railroad.
What was the first common carrier railroad to be built in the US?
In 1862 Congress authorized construction of two railroads to link the Midwest and the West Coast. The Union Pacific Railroad extended westward from Nebraska; the Central Pacific Railroad went eastward from the Pacific Ocean. The two railroads met at Promontory Summit in Utah. That was the first railroad to connect the two coasts But there were railroads all over the east coast long before 1862. The first commercial railroad in the US. In 1810 a merchant named Thomas Leiper designed and built a railroad connecting Crum Creek to Ridley Creek Pennsylvania. It was closed in 1829, but in 1887 it became the Crum Creek Branch of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad. The first railroad built in US... The first railroad built in the US is the Granite Railroad in Quincy, Mass. It was non workable due to the fact that the tracks weren't built strongly to support the train, so when trains started to move on the Granite Railroad, the tracks would break apart.
How did railroad system help America grow and prosper?
the intercontinental railroad connected the coasts of america. this made communication, transportation, and trade much easier than it had been before. with the railroad system, goods were able to travel farther and faster than on horses and other stuff
When did Sacajawea join the expedition?
she helped Lewis and clark to get to the Pacific Ocean. without her the expedition might of failed. she brought them horses that helped them get over the rockies.
What means of transportation would have been used by the MOST people in the US in the late 1800?
Either horses (with or without a wagon), or else the railroad.
Why 4 feet 8.5 inches for railroad tracks?
"It is the size of two horses standing side by side in front of a Chariot."The two horses myth is just that, a myth, pure fiction:http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/r/railwidth.htm
How did people in the 1800s travel?
In the 1800's people traveled by horseback. They also traveled by horse and carriage or stagecoach. The late 1800's brought about travel by railroad and then automobiles.
If a railroad car was pulled by horses then what are they called?
i think its a hourse car if thats an option in the multi choice if not of course it mite be wrong It is defiantly a horse-car/horse drawn.
How were cannons is 1884 transported?
"Guns" (artillery/cannons/field piece) were hauled by horses until WW1 (1914-1918). For distant movement(s), Guns were transported by railroad or ship.
