File:East and West Shaking hands at the laying of last rail Union Pacific Railroad - Restoration.jpg
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current | 01:43, 5 January 2017 | 4,514 × 3,435 (7.65 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The ceremony for the driving of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/golden_spike" class="extiw" title="w:golden spike">golden spike</a> at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad" class="extiw" title="w:First Transcontinental Railroad">First Transcontinental Railroad</a>. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenville_M._Dodge" class="extiw" title="w:Grenville M. Dodge">Grenville M. Dodge</a>, Union Pacific Railroad (center right). |
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