Promontory Summit, Utah Territory

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Promontory Summit, in the former Utah Territory, is the historic site where the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 with the driving of the Golden Spike.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Promontory Summit, Utah Territory canonical 8
Promontory Summit 4
Promontory, Utah 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
railroad landmark
associatedWithEvent joining of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rail lines
associatedWithLocomotive Central Pacific Railroad
surface form: Central Pacific Jupiter

Union Pacific No. 119
associatedWithOrganization Central Pacific Railroad
surface form: Central Pacific Railroad Company

Union Pacific Railroad
surface form: Union Pacific Railroad Company
associatedWithPerson Grenville M. Dodge
Leland Stanford
Samuel S. Montague
Thomas Durant
surface form: Thomas C. Durant
associatedWithTechnology steam locomotives
category First Transcontinental Railroad
surface form: First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States

Historic sites in Utah
Rail transportation in Utah
commemoratedBy Golden Spike National Historical Park
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfSignificantEvent 1869-05-10
elevationApprox 1494 meters
4900 feet
eventTypeAtLocation golden spike ceremony
formerlyDesignatedAs Golden Spike National Historical Park
surface form: Golden Spike National Historic Site
hasCommemoration annual reenactment of the Golden Spike ceremony
hasInterpretiveCenter visitor center at Golden Spike National Historical Park
hasMonument monument marking the Golden Spike site
hasReplicaFeature replica steam locomotives
hasSymbolicObject Golden Spike ceremony
surface form: Golden Spike
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
historicalEra 19th century
Old West
surface form: American Old West
impact accelerated settlement of the American West
facilitated transcontinental travel and commerce
linked the eastern and western United States by rail
locatedIn Box Elder County, Utah
Utah
surface form: Utah Territory
locatedInPresentDay Utah
locatedNear Great Salt Lake
locatedOnLandform Promontory Mountains
NRHPType historic site
partOf First Transcontinental Railroad
railLineStatusAfterward later bypassed by a shorter Lucin Cutoff route
railroadMet Central Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
significantEvent completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad
First Transcontinental Railroad
surface form: driving of the Golden Spike

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Subject: Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
Description of subject: Promontory Summit, in the former Utah Territory, is the historic site where the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 with the driving of the Golden Spike.

Referenced by (16)

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Central Pacific Railroad historic route terminus Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
Central Pacific Railroad historic route endPoint Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
Thiokol facilityLocation Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
this entity surface form: Promontory, Utah
First Transcontinental Railroad GoldenSpikeLocation Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
Central Pacific Railroad meetingLocation Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
Golden Spike ceremony location Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
Golden Spike National Historical Park locatedAt Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
this entity surface form: Promontory Summit, Utah
golden spike ceremony location Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
subject surface form: Golden Spike Ceremony
golden spike ceremony tookPlaceAt Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
subject surface form: Golden Spike Ceremony
this entity surface form: Promontory Summit
Union Pacific No. 119 location Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
Box Elder County, Utah contains Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
this entity surface form: Promontory Summit
Box Elder County, Utah contains Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
this entity surface form: Promontory, Utah
Promontory Mountains contains Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
this entity surface form: Promontory Summit
Promontory Mountains locatedIn Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
subject surface form: Golden Spike National Historical Park
this entity surface form: Promontory Summit
Wasatch rocket motor plant, Utah near Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
this entity surface form: Promontory, Utah
Union Pacific Overland Route connectedAt Promontory Summit, Utah Territory