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what mountain in California did the transcontinental railroad have to cross?
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What mountain ranges did the transcontinental railroad cross?
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Why was the transcontinental railroad built and what were the effects?
chinese built it to cross the people to the other side of california
What states does the transcontinental railroad cross through?
CaliforniaNevadaUtahWyomingColoradoNebraskaKansasMissouriIn Missouri it linked into the existing eastern railroad system (so it was not fully transcontinental by itself).
What was the transcontinental railroad about?
It was about changing the time it takes to cross North America from months to days.
What mountain range did the transcontinental rail road have to cross?
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Did the transcontinental railroad cross the US?
Not really, despite its name. The first "transcontinental railroad" ran only from Omaha, Nebraska on the eastern end to San Francisco, California on its western end. Omaha, on the western bank of the Missouri River, is about 1,200 miles from the East Coast of the United States. However, there was already a network of railroads east of the Missouri River, so that after completion of the transcontinental railroad, someone could travel from the East Coast to San Francisco by railroad with only one interruption: a ferry across the Missouri River.
What is a transcontinental?
it was a railroad cross!ng the country making it much easier to expand west and help western cities grow
Transcontinental railroad facts?
The day the Transcontinental Railroad was finished, the workers drove a golden spike to connect the 2 railroads to form one. Also the transcontinental railroad was made so people could cross the United States faster.You could travel first class across the country in four days.Only parts of the Transcontinental Railroad are in use today.The Central Pacific had to blast 19 tunnels through the Sierra Nevada.Before the railroad, to get to California from the east coast by boat took about 190 days.It took the work of thousands of men to build the Transcontinental Railroad.The entire project of the building of the railroad costed hundreds of millions of dollars. And that was the cost in the nineteenth century who knows what it could cost now. Maybe, billions, or even trillions of dollars! two thirds of the workers were Asian the other was American and Irish.
What part did the Irish take in the creation of the transcontinental railroad?
Many Irishmen came to the United States to take jobs building the transcontinental railroad. The roadbed was dug by hand, the cross ties were laid by hand, the tracks were laid by hand, and the spikes holding the rails to the cross ties were hammered in by hand. Irishmen, or tarriers, were an important part of those crews, especially the dynamite crews.
What mountain range did the pioneers cross to get into California?
sierra nevada
The mountain range that the pioneers had to cross to get into California?
Sierra Nevada
When did Cross Creek Railroad end?
Cross Creek Railroad ended in 1904.
