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The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a rail company chartered by U.S. Congress in 1862 to build a railroad eastwards from Sacramento, California, to complete most of the western part of the "First transcontinental railroad" in North America.
Apr 23, 2024 · Central Pacific Railroad, American railroad company founded in 1861 by a group of California merchants known later as the “Big Four” (Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker); they are best remembered for having built part of the first American transcontinental rail line.
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Apr 20, 2010 · Learn about the construction, competition and impact of the transcontinental railroad that linked the United States from east to west in 1869. The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies faced many challenges and controversies along the way.
Mar 7, 2024 · Learn about the Central Pacific Railroad, the western leg of the Transcontinental Railroad that linked the U.S. in 1869. Explore its route, construction, challenges, and legacy with photos and maps.
- June 28, 1861-June 30, 1959
- Sacramento, California
- October 26, 1863-April 1, 1885
- California, Nevada, Utah
Explore the history and photos of the first transcontinental railroad in the US, built by the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad. Learn about the engineering feats, the challenges, the workers, and the legacy of this monumental project.
Central Pacific Railroad at Cape Horn c. 1880. The Central Pacific laid 690 miles (1,110 km) of track, starting in Sacramento, California, in 1863 and continuing over the rugged 7,000-foot (2,100 m) Sierra Nevada mountains at Donner Pass into the new state of Nevada.
It is played in triple time, 3 strokes to the spike. There are 10 spikes to a rail, 400 rails to a mile, 1,800 miles to San Francisco — 21,000,000 times those sledges to be swung: 21,000,000 times are they to come down with their sharp punctuation before the great work of modern America is complete."
