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The building of the transcontinental railroad
The first transcontinental railroad was 1776 miles long -
Railroads at the end of the Civil War
At the end of the war 35,000 miles of railroad were in the US. -
The Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad Meeting
The Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad met at Promontory Summit in Utah. The two companies met to create the first transcontinental railroad. -
The creation of time zones
The creation of the railroads led to the creation of time zone. In the end there were four time zones -
Railroads at the end of the century
In all of the U.S there was nearly 200,000 miles of track
In South Carolina there was nearly 2,800 miles of track