Pacific Railroad Acts — Les Pacific Railroad Acts étaient une série d actes du Congrès en faveur de la construction d une ligne de chemin de fer transcontinentale à travers les États Unis, en autorisant l émission de bonds du gouvernement et l octroi de terres pour le… … Wikipédia en Français
Pacific Railway Act — law enacted in 1862 which created the Union Pacific Railroad Company and authorized the building of a railroad to connect the western and eastern United States (U.S. History) … English contemporary dictionary
Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 — The Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 called for the facilitation of communication between the east and west coasts of the United States of America. Hiram Sibley of the Western Union Telegraph Company won the contract. In 1861, Benjamin Franklin… … Wikipedia
Central Pacific Railroad — Locale Sacramento, CA Ogden, Utah Dates of operation 1863–April 1, 1885 but continued as an SP leased line Successor Southern Pacific Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 … Wikipedia
Union Pacific Railroad — Infobox SG rail logo filename = Union Pacific Logo.svg logo size=100 system map size = 300 map caption = System map (trackage rights in purple) marks = UP locale = United States from Chicago, Illinois, and cities along the Mississippi River to… … Wikipedia
Central Pacific Railroad — Die Central Pacific Railroad war eine Eisenbahngesellschaft im Westen der Vereinigten Staaten. Sie entstand 1861 und ging durch ihre Beteiligung am Bau der ersten transkontinentalen Eisenbahnverbindung in die Geschichte der Eisenbahn in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad — The Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad was a railroad in the U.S. states of Kansas and Nebraska. Originally planned as a line from Atchison west into Colorado, and given federal land grants by the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 as one of the… … Wikipedia
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad — Supreme Court of the United States Argued January 26–29, 18 … Wikipedia
Northwestern Pacific Railroad — Reporting mark NWP Locale California s North Coast from Marin County Eureka Dates of operation c. 1907–Present Successor Southern Pacific Transportation Company … Wikipedia
Central Pacific Railroad — U.S. railroad company founded in 1861 by a group of California merchants including Mark Hopkins and Leland Stanford. It was built with land grants and subsidies from the Pacific Railway Act (1862); thousands of Chinese labourers were hired to… … Universalium