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Modern marvels transcontinental railroads

The dream-to-reality stories behind the construction of America's first transcontinental railroad system, completed after a decade of work on May 10, 1869, wihen the last spike was driven at Promontory, Utah.

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  • "Transcontinental railroads"@en
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  • "The dream-to-reality stories behind the construction of America's first transcontinental railroad system, completed after a decade of work on May 10, 1869, wihen the last spike was driven at Promontory, Utah."@en
  • "America's first transcontinental railroad system was finally completed on May 10, 1869, a decade after it began. This is the story of the effort to forge an iron link across the untamed American West."@en
  • "America's first transcontinental railroad system was finally completed on May 10, 1869, a decade after it began. This is the story of the struggle to forge an iron link across the untamed West."@en
  • "Describes the construction of America's Transcontinental Railroad explaining why it was both an engineering marvel and a technological nightmare. Upon its completion in 1969, a nation was united and forever transformed."
  • ""America's first transcontinental railroad system was finally completed on May 10, 1869, a decade after it began. This is the story of the struggle to forge an iron link across the untamed West""

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  • "The transcontinental railroad"
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