Full steam ahead : the race to build a transcontinental railroad / by Rhoda Blumberg.
By: Blumberg, Rhoda.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1996Description: 159 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0792227158.Subject(s): Union Pacific Railroad Company -- History -- Juvenile literature | Central Pacific Railroad Company -- History -- Juvenile literature | Railroads -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature | Union Pacific Railroad Company -- History | Central Pacific Railroad Company -- History | Railroads -- History | Union Pacific Railroad Company -- History | Central Pacific Railroad Company -- History | Railroads -- HistoryDDC classification: 385/.0973 Summary: Illustrated history of the building of the transcontinental railroad in the United States, beginning in 1862 when President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law, and ending on May 10, 1869, when the final, golden spike was driven, uniting tracks from the east and west.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-155) and index.
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Illustrated history of the building of the transcontinental railroad in the United States, beginning in 1862 when President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law, and ending on May 10, 1869, when the final, golden spike was driven, uniting tracks from the east and west.
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