RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
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The Union Pacific was laying ____ miles a day.
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10
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100
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80
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8
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Total miles of track laid 1, 776: 690 miles by the Central Pacific and 1086 by the Union Pacific. The Central Pacific Railroad blasted a total of 15 tunnels through the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Detailed explanation-2: -On May 8, 1968 a track laying crew involving mostly Torres Strait Islander workers broke the world record for laying the greatest length of railway in a single day. In the heat of the Pilbara, seven kilometres of railway track was laid, spiked and anchored in 11 hours and 40 minutes.
Detailed explanation-3: -As Central Pacific laid tracks eastward, Union Pacific was working westward and the race to Promontory Summit, Utah, where they would eventually meet on May 10, 1869, was on.
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