oct 17, 1869 - First Transcontinental Railroad
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Inventor: The central and Union PacificInvented: May 10, 1869
The impact the First Transcontinental railroad had on America was it allowed direct growth through expanding markets and cheaper distribution. Within the first ten years of Transcontinental Railroad, it was already shipping $50 million worth of freight from coast to coast every year.
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Date:
oct 17, 1869
Now
~ 156 years ago