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The First Transcontinental RailroadThe coming of the Transcontinental Railroad,the first communication revolution in the USA.The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built in the 1860s, linking the well developed railway network of the Eastern coast with rapidly growing Californ...

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WGBH American Experience . Transcontinental Railroad . The Race to Utah | PBS Schedule Shop Film Details Buy DVD About the Film Transcontinental Railroad The remarkable story of greed, innovation and gritty determination to build a railroad connecting California to the East. Peopled by the ingeniou...

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The First Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the Pacific Railroad and later as the Overland Route ) was a contiguous railroad line constructed in the United States between and west of the Mississippi and Missouri River s to connect the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing...