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podryga [215]
2 years ago
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What is the transcontinental railroad?

History
1 answer:
andre [41]2 years ago
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Answer:

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

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