Golden Spike National Historic Site - Promontory, Utah
N 41° 37.044 W 112° 33.049
12T E 370796 N 4608459
"The last rail is laid, the spike is driven. The Pacific railroad is completed." Here at Promontory, Utah, at 12:47 pm on May 10, 1869, the driving of a golden spike completed the first transcontinental railroad.
Waymark Code: WM4TQC
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2008
Views: 23
From a plaque at the visitors center -
"The last rail is laid, the spike is driven. The Pacific railroad is completed." Here at Promontory, Utah, at 12:47 pm on May 10, 1869, the driving of a golden spike completed the first transcontinental railroad. Climax of a dramatic railroad-building race between the Union Pacific building from the east and the Central Pacific building from the west, this event symbolized attainment of a long sought goal - a direct transportation route to the Pacific Ocean and the China trade. And it achieved the great political objective of binding together by iron bonds the extremities of continental United States, a rail link from ocean to ocean.
Street address:
Utah Highway 83
Promontory, UT USA
County / Borough / Parish: Box Elder County
Year listed: 1966
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Historic function: Transportation
Current function: Landscape
Privately owned?: no
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/02/2008 To: 12/31/2008
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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