The lower wood high is within inches of where the original ceremony was held on may 10th, 1869. Included on this high is a plaque that lists many of the dignitaries from that company. Including Leland Stanfords name. Another thing you can see here at the site is the connection with the resources and that wouldve been available. The two companies building the railroads we have mocked up everything to try to make it as authentic as possible. If you look on the west side you will see precut ties. The Central Pacific had plenty of wood in the serum that is and because of that they had sawmills and they cut all of their ties and brought them down from the mountain. The Union Pacific coming from the east had to hand cut their ties wherever they can find wood. Not a lot available in the areas so they you can see them right here how they would just cut them and bring them out when they could. The Transcontinental Railroad was happening at the end of the victorian age as you are going into the
Completed. This spot right here marks by the lower wood high is within inches of where the original ceremony was held on may 10th, 1869. Included on this high is a plaque that lists many of the dignitaries from that company. Including Leland Stanfords name. Another thing you can see here at the site is the connection with the resources and that wouldve been available. The two companies building the railroads we have mocked up everything to try to make it as authentic as possible. If you look on the west side you will see precut ties. The Central Pacific had plenty of wood in the serum that is and because of that they had sawmills and they cut all of their ties and brought them down from the mountain. The Union Pacific coming from the east had to hand cut their ties wherever they can find wood. Not a lot available in the areas so they you can see them right here how they would just cut them and bring them out when they could. The Transcontinental Railroad was happening at the end of the
Featuring natural and Historic Sites throughout the country visited by our cspan cities tour staff. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. So, we are at Promontory Summit, utah. I am walking you over to where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. This spot right here marked by tie, is within inches of where the original ceremony was held. Included on this is a plaque that lists the dignitaries from this company. The big are all marked there. Four another thing that you can see at the site is a connection with resources that would have been available to the two companies building the railroad. We have tried to make it as authentic as possible. If you look to the west, you will see precut ties. They had sawmills and brought them down from the mountain. Whereas the Union Pacific, coming from the east, had to head cut their ties wherever they could find wood. Not a lot available and a lot of the areas, so they would split them and you can see them and how they would cut them t
The programs youre watching. Tonight on cspans American History tour going west. First to st. Louis to visit the museum of westward expansion. Then a look at the expedition led by William Clark and mary lewis. And well speak with an author who wrote a book about the lewis and Clark Expedition. After that, first Transcontinental Railroad. After that journeys along the mormon trail, the pony express from the National Historic trails Interpretive Center in casper wyoming. Next a tour of the museum of westward expansion. Our tour guide is a historian with the National Park service. Were in the museum of westward expansion which is the main museum here at Jefferson National memorial. It tells the story of the settlement of the American West during the 19th century. Were actually underground directly below the 630foot stainless steel arch. Originally there were going to be surface buildings that would have housed museums and restaurant complexes and things like that but the National Parks se
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