Central Pacific Railroad historic route

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historic railway line rail transportation infrastructure

The Central Pacific Railroad historic route is the original transcontinental rail line built in the 1860s that crossed the Sierra Nevada, including through Donner Pass, to connect California with the rest of the United States.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Pacific 2
Central Pacific Railroad 1
Transcontinental Railroad 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic railway line ⓘ
rail transportation infrastructure ⓘ
builtBy Central Pacific Railroad historic route self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Pacific Railroad
connects California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form: eastern United States
constructionEndDate 1869 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1863 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses Sierra Nevada ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Nevada mountain range
endPoint Promontory Summit, Utah Territory ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
knownFor engineering challenges in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
heavy snowfall and use of snow sheds ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Nevada ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
opened 1869 ⓘ
partOf First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
Overland Route (historic) ⓘ
transcontinental rail line ⓘ
passesNear Auburn, California ⓘ
Colfax, California ⓘ
Reno ⓘ
surface form: Reno, Nevada

Truckee ⓘ
surface form: Truckee, California
passesThrough Donner Pass ⓘ
Sierra Nevada passes ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Nevada snow belt
startPoint Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California
terminus Promontory Summit, Utah Territory ⓘ
Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California

Referenced by (6)

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

Central Pacific Railroad historic route → builtBy → Central Pacific Railroad historic route self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Pacific Railroad
Battle of Saipan → front → Central Pacific Railroad historic route ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Pacific
Honolulu County → locatedInRegion → Central Pacific Railroad historic route ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Pacific
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark → notableExample → Central Pacific Railroad historic route ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transcontinental Railroad
Truckee River → passesNear → Central Pacific Railroad historic route ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Pacific Railroad line over Donner Pass
Donner Pass → traversedBy → Central Pacific Railroad historic route ⓘ