Sujet

Transcontinental Railroad

Légende

Promontory Point, Utah: May 10, 1869.
Completion of the first transcontinental railroad with the Central Pacific Railroad coming from Sacramento, and the Union Pacific Railroad building out from Chicago. The two railroads started the project six years earlier, in 1863.

Crédit

Photo12/Underwood Archives/UIG

Notre référence

UMG20A24_138

Model release

Non

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,1Mo (7,1Mo) / 40,6cm x 29,7cm / 4800 x 3502 (300dpi)

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