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jul 21, 1869 - Transcontinental Railroad

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was a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay

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Date:

jul 21, 1869
Now
~ 156 years ago

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