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Eye Witness to History: Completing the Transcontinental Railroad, 1869

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An overview of the construction of America's Transcontinental Railway, and its completion when the last spike was driven (after several misses) in Utah to connect the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railways. Travel across the United States shifted from weeks to days.

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the transcontinental railroad
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golden spike, last spike of the union pacific railroad, central pacific, golden spike ceremony, promontory point, union pacific, building a transcontinental railroad
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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