Industrial Revolution · TURNING POINT ·
First transcontinental railroad (1869)
On the Industrial Revolution map as “Promontory Summit”
10 May 1869 — The Central Pacific and Union Pacific meet in Utah, completing the first transcontinental railroad. Chinese workers — about 90 per cent of the Central Pacific’s workforce — built the western half.
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- Industrial Revolution in America (chapter 9 of Industrial Revolution)
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- The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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