Great Northern Railway

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railroad company transcontinental railroad

Great Northern Railway was a major American transcontinental railroad that operated in the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Great Northern Railway (as attorney and counsel)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railroad company ⓘ transcontinental railroad ⓘ
associatedWith	James J. Hill ⓘ
builtTo	downtown Seattle ⓘ surface form: Seattle waterfront
category	Defunct Class I railroads in the United States ⓘ Transcontinental railroads in the United States ⓘ
connectedBodyOfWater	Great Lakes ⓘ Puget Sound ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean via Puget Sound
connectedRegion	Great Lakes ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crossedMountainRange	Cascade Range ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ
encouraged	settlement of northern Great Plains ⓘ
endPointOfMainLine	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington
founder	James J. Hill ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Paul, Minnesota
laterPartOf	BNSF Railway ⓘ
mergedInto	BNSF Railway ⓘ surface form: Burlington Northern Railroad
nickname	Hill Lines ⓘ
notablePass	Marias Pass ⓘ Stevens Pass ⓘ
openedRouteThrough	Marias Pass ⓘ
operatedIn	northern United States ⓘ
operatedService	Empire Builder ⓘ Oriental Limited ⓘ Western Star ⓘ
partOf	BNSF Railway ⓘ surface form: Burlington Northern
primaryCommodities	grain ⓘ ore ⓘ timber ⓘ
promoted	agricultural development along its lines ⓘ
servedCity	Minneapolis ⓘ surface form: Minneapolis, Minnesota Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ surface form: Portland, Oregon Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington Spokane, Washington ⓘ
servedPort	Duluth ⓘ surface form: Duluth, Minnesota Seattle ⓘ
servedProvince	British Columbia ⓘ
servedState	Idaho ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Montana ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Oregon ⓘ Washington ⓘ
startPointOfMainLine	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Paul, Minnesota
successor	BNSF Railway ⓘ surface form: Burlington Northern Railroad

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierce Butler → boardMemberOf → Great Northern Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Northern Railway (as attorney and counsel)

Stone Arch Bridge → builtFor → Great Northern Railway ⓘ

James J. Hill → employer → Great Northern Railway ⓘ

John Frank Stevens → employer → Great Northern Railway ⓘ

James J. Hill → knownFor → Great Northern Railway ⓘ

John Frank Stevens → notableWork → Great Northern Railway ⓘ

Empire Builder → originalOperator → Great Northern Railway ⓘ