Stairway to Promontory
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Volcanoguy
N 41° 33.975 W 112° 37.481
12T E 364535 N 4602893
National Park Service history marker for the Stairway to Promontory.
Waymark Code: WMTMVY
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2016
Views: 3
History marker about the Stairway to Promontory placed by the National Park Service along the West Grade Auto Tour.
Text of Sign: The cut below you on the Union Pacific grade is a good example of the stair step construction method used by the railroads. The workers were set to grading, scraping and blasting on several different levels of a cut at once. This method increased efficiency and speed in building the railroad. Excavation on this cut was most likely terminated about April 9, 1869, when the decision was made that the railroads would meet at Promontory. This decision called a halt to the great railroad race which had previously resulted in 250 miles of parallel grading in northern Utah.
Marker Name: Stairway to Promontory
Marker Type: Roadside
Addtional Information:
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County: Box Elder
City: NA
Group Responsible for Placement: National Park Service
Date Dedicated: Unknown
Marker Number: None
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