Golden Spike National Historic Site - Promontory, Utah
N 41° 37.076 W 112° 33.097
12T E 370731 N 4608519
"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: WM4TQF
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2008
Views: 22
From a plaque at the visitor's 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.
Location:
West of Brigham City, Utah and north of the Great Salt Lake.
Type of structure/site: Railroad
Date of Construction: 1869
Engineer/Architect/Builder etc.: Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad
Engineering Organization Listing: American Society of Civil Engineers
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Web Site: [Web Link]
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