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| Locomotives from the eastern and western United States are depicted here meeting in Promontory, Utah, where crowds gathered to watch the joining of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869. This first transcontinental railroad opened the West to supplies and resources from the East and served as the chief means of transportation for settlers in the West. | ||||||
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| History of United States Business; American Architecture; United States (People); Railroad Labor Organizations; Railroads; Industrial Revolution; United States (History) | ||||||
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