The Golden spike that was used to commemorate the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad
Golden spike, the final spike of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States, driven in 1869
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The locomotive was the Central Pacific locomotive that met with Union Pacific No. 119 at Promontory Point, Utah on May 10, 1869 for the driving of the golden spike, commemorating the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
He and his company recreated the drawings and reproduced copies of the Union Pacific No. 119 and Central Pacific Jupiter locomotives that met for the driving of the Golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah.
He provided the golden spike marking completion of the rail and he also planned connecting the railroad company's wires to Western Union so the taps of the silver hammer driving the golden spike in Promontory Point, Utah could be heard in San Francisco.
In 1869, Tritle was appointed a commissioner overseeing the new transcontinental railroad and later presented Nevada's silver spike during the completion ceremony at Promontory, Utah.
The Golden spike event in Utah the previous year had marked the linking of the Union Pacific with the Central Pacific Railroad, but until 1872, passengers on the Union Pacific were required to disembark between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska to cross the Missouri River by boat.
The driving of the golden spike completed the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit in 1869.
Golden Spike National Historic Site is a U.S. National Historic Site located at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
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One ceiling mural by San Francisco artist Harry Hopps depicts the driving of the Golden Spike north of Salt Lake City at "Promontory Summit" signifying the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.