May 10, 1869
“… Done”
The Last Spike by Thomas Hill (1881)
145th anniversary, RR descendants
Proposed Routes
No. 539 - Chinese at laying last Rail UPRR
"It was certainly a cosmopolitan gathering. Irish and Chinese laborers who had set records in track laying that have never since been equaled joined with the cowboys, Mormons, miners and Indians in celebrating completion of the railroad."
At the 50th anniversary in 1919, CPRR Foreman, Amos L. Bowsher, remembered the event in 1869:
Snow Shed:
Alfred A. Hart photograph of Chinese Central Pacific construction crews along the Humboldt Plains in Nevada.
https://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/cultural-impacts.html
First Day Cover Commemmorating 75th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad, May 10, 1944
Across the continent: the Frank Leslie transcontinental excursion...
Commemorative Stamp
At the 100th anniversary, U.S. Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe:
“Who else but Americans could drill ten tunnels in mountains 30 feet deep in snow? Who else but Americans could chisel through miles of solid granite? Who else but Americans could have laid ten miles of track in 12 hours?”
Dept. of Labor “Hall of Honor” Celebration, May 9, 2014�Honoring Chinese Railroad Workers
Descendants of Chinese Railroad Workers with Secretary of Labor Tom Perez
Profile Map of the Pacific Railroad
Central Pacific Tunnel #3, built in 1866
Vertical central shaft of the CPRR "Summit Tunnel" (Tunnel #6) at Donner Summit
Snow gallery at Crested Peak (detail), built by the Central Pacific Railroad, 1868
Chinese Railroad Worker Camp, Dugout with Tent Frame
https://californiathroughmylens.com/donner-pass-summit-tunnel-hike
“Chinese Wall”
https://californiathroughmylens.com/donner-pass-summit-tunnel-hike
Donner Summit
Central Pacific Railroad & �Union Pacific Railroad display advertisements carried in �The Salt Lake Daily Telegraph the week that two lines' rails were joined at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869