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1870-1900: Closing of the Frontier > The Transcontinental Railroad

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Title: [Ceremony to drive the golden spike at Promontory Point, Utah, 1869]
Creator/Contributor: Hill, Thomas (1829-1908), British, artist
Date: [not before 1869]
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

The transcontinental railroad connected the east and west coasts of the United States with a single rail line. This had a profound impact on the nation as a whole, and on California — the end of the line — in particular. The images in this group show different aspects of the railroad, including workers, travelers, tracks, railroad bridges, and trains.

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