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There were many, many railroads in use in the United States during the Civil War. They were built by a variety of private companies and corporations. Because railroad construction was physically demanding, new immigrants (often from Ireland) did a large amount of the manual labor.

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Most early railroads in the US were built in the?

The first American Railroad was built in the North, called the Baltimore and Ohio, or B&O Railroad.


Did Benjamin Franklin invent the elevator?

No. The first railroad was built in England.


Who built the track of the Transcontinental Railroad that began in Omaha Nebraska?

The transcontinental railroad was built by the Union Pacific Railroad going west from Omaha, Nebraska. They built their part of the railroad to Promontory, Utah. The Central Pacific Railroad built the other part of the transcontinental railroad starting in Sacramento, California and built east meeting the Union Pacific Railroad.


What was the first common carrier railroad to be built in the US?

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When was the country's first railroad built?

the Irish built it from the east to Utah, and the Chinese built it from the west.