Promontory Point, Utah: May 10, 1869. Completion of the first transcontinental railroad with the Central Pacific Railroad coming from Sacramento, and the Union Pacific Railroad building out from Chicago. The two railroads started the project six years earlier, in 1863.

Promontory Point, Utah:  May 10, 1869. Completion of the first transcontinental railroad with the Central Pacific Railroad coming from  Sacramento, and the Union Pacific Railroad building out from Chicago. The two railroads started the project six years earlier, in 1863. Stock Photo
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6000 x 4378 px | 50.8 x 37.1 cm | 20 x 14.6 inches | 300dpi

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10 May 1869

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