May 7th 1869
The first transcontinental railroad built by the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific was officially completed on May 10, 1869. It was on that date that the gold spike was driven at Promontory, Utah.
The Union Pacific Railroad and The Central Pacific Railroad Companies were formed to build the railroad. Many of the CPR workers working east from California were Chinese-Americans and many of the UPR workers building west from Nebraska were Irish immigrants.
Construction on the First Transcontinental Railroad began on January 8, 1863. The project aimed to connect the eastern U.S. rail network with California and the Pacific Coast. It was a monumental engineering effort that involved multiple companies, most notably the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. The railroad was completed on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah.
Talk of a transcontinental railroad started in 1830, shortly after steam powered railroads were invented in Great Britain and began to be introduced into the United States. This talk intensified as railroad technology advanced and the Oregon Territory and California were added to United States Territory in 1846.
1869 100 years before the lunar landing.
May 10, 1869 was the date that the golden spike was driven , near Promontory, Utah, thereby joining the eastern and western portions of the transcontinental railroad.
It was finish on June 17th 1914 in Wendover Utah.
The exact date of 1st generation Computer is May,1941.
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The date was 20/7/1969.
John Curr, a Sheffield colliery manager, invented this flanged railroad, though the exact date of this is disputed.
Not sure of the EXACT date, but it was in 1937. xx