Promontory
| Promontory | |
| Ort | |
 Den avslutande ceremonin vid Promontory Summit 10 maj 1869 där man spikade en sista spik av guld. | |
| Land |  USA |
|---|---|
| County | Box Elder County |
| Höjdläge | 1 498 m ö.h. |
| Koordinater | 41°37′7″N 112°32′51″V / 41.61861°N 112.54750°V |
| Tidszon | MST (UTC-7) |
| GNIS-kod | 1437660 |
| Geonames | 5780007 |
| Wikimedia Commons: Promontory, Utah | |
| Webbplats: http://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm | |
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Promontory är en plats i Box Elder County, Utah, USA. Platsen ligger norr om Great Salt Lake 107 km nordväst om Salt Lake City.
Promontory är platsen där den första transamerikanska järnvägen blev komplett den 10 maj 1869.[1] Den sista, ceremoniella, spiken som slogs i var gjord av guld, Golden Spike. Vid platsen finns ett monument, Golden Spike National Historic Site.
Referenser
- ^ ”Ceremony at "Wedding of the Rails," May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah”. World Digital Library. 10 maj 1869. http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11371/. Läst 21 juli 2013.
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Golden Spike Recreation.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: The original uploader was Hkw2 på engelska Wikipedia., Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo taken by Hyrum K. Wright on August 18, 2005. This image was taken at the Golden Spike National Historic Site and shows the recreated No. 119 and Jupiter locomotives used to commemorate the driving of the Golden Spike to complete the continental railroad on May 10th 1869.
Författare/Upphovsman: The original uploader was Hkw2 på engelska Wikipedia., Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo taken by Hyrum K. Wright on August 18, 2005. This image was taken at the Golden Spike National Historic Site and shows the recreated No. 119 and Jupiter locomotives used to commemorate the driving of the Golden Spike to complete the continental railroad on May 10th 1869.
East and West Shaking hands at the laying of last rail Union Pacific Railroad - Restoration.jpg
The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (center right).
The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (center right).