The Transcontinental railroad was needed because the mining industry created a need for faster transportation-- stage coach lines and wagons were not moving fast enough.
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.
The First Transcontinental Railroad opened for traffic on May 10, 1869.
The Transcontinental railroad was needed because the mining industry created a need for faster transportation-- stage coach lines and wagons were not moving fast enough.
The Transcontinental railroad was needed because the mining industry created a need for faster transportation-- stage coach lines and wagons were not moving fast enough.
The construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad started in 1863 and was finished in 1869. When it was first completed, it was known as the Pacific Railroad.
Theodore Judah was the first chief engineer of what became the transcontinental railroad.
The First Transcontinental Railroad spanned from Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska to Alameda, California.
It was the Transcontinental Railroad.
the first transcontinental railroad met in the middle at Promontory Point ,Utah
Chinese Immigrants played a major role in building the first transcontinental railroad.
No. The English have nowhere to build a transcontinental railroad; they are on an island. The US was the first to begin such a railroad - aptly named the First Trascontinental Railroad - and the Russians soon followed with the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The celebration commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad was held at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869.