Promontory Summit, Utah Territory

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historic site railroad landmark

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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Promontory, Utah	1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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

Referenced by (4)

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

First Transcontinental Railroad → GoldenSpikeLocation → 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

Central Pacific Railroad historic route → terminus → Promontory Summit, Utah Territory ⓘ