The first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. was completed in May 1869. Seven years after President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, and four years after his death, the "golden spike" completing the rail link between the Eastern U.S. and California was celebrated at Promontory Summit, Utah. The railroad was considered the greatest technological feat of the 19th century.
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