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Construction train on the Union Pacific Railroad, USA, 1868. Artist: Unknown

Construction train on the Union Pacific Railroad, USA, 1868. Incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1862, the Union Pacific Railroad was built to extend the American railway system westwards across the country to the Pacific. The first rails were laid in Omaha, Nebraska, and the line was completed when it joined the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah in May 1869. The railway was instrumental in bringing about the economic development of the American West.

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Construction train on the Union Pacific Railroad, USA, 1868. Artist: Unknown

Caption:

Construction train on the Union Pacific Railroad, USA, 1868. Incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1862, the Union Pacific Railroad was built to extend the American railway system westwards across the country to the Pacific. The first rails were laid in Omaha, Nebraska, and the line was completed when it joined the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah in May 1869. The railway was instrumental in bringing about the economic development of the American West.

Credit:

Album / Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images

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Image size:

3940 x 2661 px | 30.0 MB

Print size:

33.4 x 22.5 cm | 13.1 x 8.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

19TH CENTURY • AMERICA • AMERICAN WEST • AMERICAN • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BUILDING • CENTURY • CIVIL ENGINEERING • CONCEPT • CONSTRUCTION • COUNTRY • EXPANSION • GUY • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MEN • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PACIFIC UNION • PEOPLE • PHOTOGRAPH • RAILWAY • TRAIN • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • UNITED STATES • USA