Farmers could sell their wares in faraway marketplaces thanks to railroads. Railroads helped bring more people to the East Coast. Railroads aided in the finding of valuable minerals.
When the last nail was driven into the Utah desert on May 10, 1869, the knock was heard across the land. Telegraph wires wrapped around spikes and sledgehammers instantly carried the shock east and west.
In San Francisco and New York, lines are attached to the guns facing the sea. When the signal came from the spikes, the guns opened fire.
The world took notice: the transcontinental railroad was built, and America rose to the forefront of the world stage.
The changes brought about by transcontinental trade are enormous. Within ten years of its completion, the railroad carried $50 million worth of freight to the coast each year.
Just as it opened the markets of the West Coast and Asia to the east, it also brought the products of Eastern industry to a growing population beyond the Mississippi River.
The railroad provided a manufacturing boom as industry tapped into the vast resources of the Midwestern continent for production. The railroad was America's btechnology corridor.
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