1 / 10

The Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad. The Idea The Construction The People Involved. Why the railroad was needed. Plans to link the West to the East. Projected costs of the plan. The estimated manpower of the project. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist4/practical.html http://cprr.org/Museum/index.html

jude
Download Presentation

The Transcontinental Railroad

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Transcontinental Railroad The Idea The Construction The People Involved

  2. Why the railroad was needed. Plans to link the West to the East. Projected costs of the plan. The estimated manpower of the project. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist4/practical.html http://cprr.org/Museum/index.html http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/hist-ovr.shtml http://web.archive.org/web/20020126231648/http://www.geocities.com/%7Eronkohlin/rr/transcon.htm The Idea

  3. Connecting the Country http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/iron/

  4. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/iron/teachers.html

  5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/iron/

  6. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/iron/

  7. http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/maps/graphics/goldspik.gif

  8. http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/photos/maps.shtml#0

  9. Union Pacific Railroad • Starting Point: Omaha, Nebraska • Ending Point: Promontory Summit, Utah • Start Date: July 10, 1865 • Finish Date: May 9, 1869 • Length Of Track: Approximately 1200 Miles

  10. Central Pacific Railroad • Starting Point: Sacramento, California • Ending Point: Promontory, Utah • Start Date: January 8, 1863 • Finish Date: May 9, 1869 • Length Of Track: Approximately 850 Miles

More Related