The Transcontinental Railroad

Section of Illustration from p.58 of Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide [...] with caption "Pallisades of the Humboldt River, C.P.R.R."

Completed in 1869 with the driving of the famous "Golden Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah, the Transcontinental Railroad revolutionized transportation across the United States and fundamentally changed the American West, sparking social, economic, environmental, and political change.

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Cover of Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific O

Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean v.5 (1856)

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Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean v.6 (1857)

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Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean v.7 (1857)

United States. War Department; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Ackerman Lithr.,; F. Artos & Co.,; Julius Bien & Co.,; Herline & Hensel,; Hoffman, Knickerbocker & Co.,; Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith,; T. Sinclair's Lith

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Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean v.8 (1857)

United States. War Department; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Ackerman Lithr.,; F. Artos & Co.,; Julius Bien & Co.,; Herline & Hensel,; Hoffman, Knickerbocker & Co.,; Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith,; T. Sinclair's Lith

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Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean v.9 (1858)

United States. War Department; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Ackerman Lithr.,; F. Artos & Co.,; Julius Bien & Co.,; Herline & Hensel,; Hoffman, Knickerbocker & Co.,; Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith,; T. Sinclair's Lith

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Cover of The Central Pacific Railroad Company in equitable account with the United States, growing out of the issue of subsidy bonds in aid of construction

The Central Pacific Railroad Company in equitable account with the United States, growing out of the issue of subsidy bonds in aid of construction

Central Pacific Railroad Company

H. Bessey, printer

1887

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Cover of The Pacific Railroad--Open

The Pacific Railroad--Open

Bowles, Samuel

Fields, Osgood & Co

1869

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Cover of The Railroad

The Railroad

Peake, Elmore Elliott; Tracy, F. B.; Spearman, Frank H.; Raine, William McLeod; Hill, James A.

McClure, Phillips & Co

1901

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Cover of The Railroad Builders

The Railroad Builders

Moody, John

Yale university press; [etc., etc.]

1919

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Cover of The Railroads of the United States

The Railroads of the United States

Flint, Henry M.

John E. Potter

1868

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Cover of The Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division

The Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division

Leland, Charles Godfrey

Ringwalt & Brown

1867

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Cover of Tri-nitro-glycerin

Tri-nitro-glycerin

Mowbray, George M.

J.T. Robinson

1872

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