The Golden Spike and the Transcontinental Railroad
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- It was 1869, and two steam locomotives met at Promontory Summit, Utah. A golden spike was ceremoniously driven into the last railway tie. And a huge crowd cheered at the completion of the first Transcontinental railroad! It connected the Central Pacific Railroad from the West with the Union Pacific Railroad from the East. The meeting of these two railroads meant the joining of a continent. And it totally transformed America forever.
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Trains touch everyone's life one way or another. My grandfather worked on steam engines in Colorado Springs, CO during the 1940s. He was killed in an explosion while working on trains on April 12, 1943. My brother honors him with his middle name.
As a kid I always thought because of movies and shows that promontory point was in the middle of the desert. I now know it's right next to the Great salt lake.
The original "golden spike" is on display at the Cantor Arts Museum at Stanford University. The golden spike was made of 17.6-karat (73%) copper-alloyed gold, and weighed 14.03 troy ounces (436 g).
Now THAT makes sense! I cannot imagine them leaving even a gold painted, but otherwise regular steel spike in the ground ad infinitum. People who were there at the original ceremony in 1869 would have noted which exact spike it was, and would have off with it.
There were actually four ceremonial spikes, two made of gold-copper alloys and originating in California, one made of silver originating in Nevada, and an iron spike inlaid in gold and silver originating in Arizona Territory. The four spikes were driven into a ceremonial tie made of polished California Laurel wood. The tie was burned in the great San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906.
I don’t know where the other three gold/silver spikes are now. Perhaps they are lost to history.
One of the best stories I've ever heard. Thanks for sharing this with all of us
During November 1868, Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works of Paterson, New Jersey, built Union Pacific locomotives No. 116, No. 117, No. 118, No. 119, and No. 120. and The Jupiter steam locomotive was built in September 1868 by the Schenectady Locomotive Works of New York
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There have been four railroads called Union Pacific: Union Pacific Rail Road, Union Pacific Railway, Union Pacific Railroad (Mark I), and Union Pacific Railroad (Mark II)
Excellent video! I really appreciated the integration of contemporary historical events, which of course is how history works and what makes it so interesting, but that isn't always done or done as well as you did. Thank you!
Why does this touch me? I feel so proud and yet I'm Austrian lol
It’s amazing 1869 the railroad is complete!
In 1969 we complete travel to the moon!
I wonder what 2069 will bring?
The telegraph wire was not connected to the gold spike. It was connected to polished iron spike.
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Union Pacific Railway isnt the same company as Union Pacific Railroad. Sure they share the same heritage, but they arent officially the same company after reorganizations and mergers. The California Zephyr runs over some of the original road bed of the line between Utah and Nevada.
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