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2. guides.loc.gov › railroads › transcontinental-railroadTranscontinental Railroad - Railroads ... - Library of Congress

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   Transcontinental Railroad. Rand McNally and Company. New map of the Union Pacific Railway. 1883. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. The first Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and also as the “Great Transcontinental Railroad” and the “Overland Route”) was a continuous railroad line ...

3. www.loc.gov › resource › hhhCentral Pacific Transcontinental ... - Library of Congress

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   Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, and Owner Union Pacific Railroad. Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 36, Milepost 176.92, Yuba Pass, Nevada County, CA. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca2407/>.

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   What was the First Transcontinental Railroad?

   • Rand McNally and Company. New map of the Union Pacific Railway. 1883. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. The first Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and also as the “Great Transcontinental Railroad” and the “Overland Route”) was a continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869.

   Transcontinental Railroad - Railroads: Sources for Historical Research

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   Where can I see the Transcontinental Railroad & the American West?

   • The Race to Promontory: The Transcontinental Railroad and the American West is at Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah from 1 February to 26 May 2019. The exhibition is organised by the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, and the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa Rounding Cape Horn, California.

   The transcontinental railroad at 150 – in pictures

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   What is a history of building the transcontinental railroad?

   • This title is a history of building the transcontinental railroad specifically the Union Pacific part. The author shakes up the story of the triumphal myths of the golden spike, robber barons larger than life and shows the history to be rooted in failure as well as success.

   Transcontinental Railroad - Railroads: Sources for Historical Research

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   Was the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad a technological triumph?

   • Some historians believe that the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 was the most significant technological triumph until the United States landed a man on the moon a hundred years later. Do you agree? State your reasons. Numerous photographs were taken of this event. In this photograph the Chinese workers are excluded.

   Official photograph from the "Golden Spike" Ceremony, 1869

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5. www.loc.gov › picturesPrints & Photographs Online Catalog - Library of Congress

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   Top of Page. The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a ...

6. www.gilderlehrman.org › history-resourcesOfficial photograph from the "Golden Spike" Ceremony, 1869

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   This iconic photograph records the celebration marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad lines at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869, when Leland Stanford, co-founder of the Central Pacific Railroad, connected the eastern and western sections of the railroad with a golden spike.

7. blogs.loc.gov › picturethis › 2017Camera and Locomotive: Two Tracks across the Continent ...

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   Dec 28, 2017 · The following is the third in a series of guest posts by Micah Messenheimer, Assistant Curator of Photography, Prints and Photographs Division, that discuss the parallel development of two technologies in the 19th century: railroads and photography. The catalysts for a transcontinental railroad lie in the increasing industrialization of the country and the rapid expansion …

8. www.theguardian.com › artanddesign › galleryThe transcontinental railroad at 150 – in pictures

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   Feb 6, 2019 · In a new travelling exhibition, the significance of the transcontinental railroad, finished in 1869, will be celebrated in a series of images capturing its arduous construction through to its...