Tracklaying race of 1869 (original) (raw)
The tracklaying race of 1869 was an unofficial contest between tracklaying crews of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, held during the construction of the First transcontinental railroad. The competition was to determine who would first reach the meeting place at Promontory, Utah. Starting in 1868 the railroad crews set, and subsequently broke, each other's world records for the longest length of track laid in a single day. This culminated in the April 28, 1869 record set by Chinese and Irish crews of the Central Pacific who laid 10 miles 56 feet (16.111 km) of track in one day. That record was again broken by approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) in August 1870 by two crews of the Kansas Pacific, working from opposite ends of the same track.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | The tracklaying race of 1869 was an unofficial contest between tracklaying crews of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, held during the construction of the First transcontinental railroad. The competition was to determine who would first reach the meeting place at Promontory, Utah. Starting in 1868 the railroad crews set, and subsequently broke, each other's world records for the longest length of track laid in a single day. This culminated in the April 28, 1869 record set by Chinese and Irish crews of the Central Pacific who laid 10 miles 56 feet (16.111 km) of track in one day. That record was again broken by approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) in August 1870 by two crews of the Kansas Pacific, working from opposite ends of the same track. (en) |
| dbo:closingDate | 1905-01-01 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:closingYear | 1905-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:isPartOf | dbr:First_transcontinental_railroad |
| dbo:openingDate | 1869-04-28 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:openingYear | 1869-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:owner | dbr:Central_Pacific_Railroad |
| dbo:thumbnail | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/GoldenSpike.jpg?width=300 |
| dbo:trackLength | 16109.533440 (xsd:double) |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/ahj1472.1-03.001/73 https://trn.trains.com/railroads/railroad-history/2019/04/making-tracks-part-2 https://thetahoeweekly.com/2017/05/ten-miles-one-day-railroading-marvel/ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp%3Fm=100050 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/hike-along-record-breaking-10-miles-track-first-transcontinental-railroad-n1000426 https://www.nps.gov/carto/hfc/carto/media/GOSP_tourmap.pdf https://cdnc.ucr.edu/%3Fa=d&d=CF18690429.2.15 |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 65356160 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 29509 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1119869207 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:California_State_Railroad_Museum dbr:Promontory,_Utah dbr:Union_Pacific_Railroad dbr:Utah_State_Capitol dbr:Donald_Duk dbr:Comanche_Crossing_of_the_Kansas_Pacific_Railroad dbr:Sacramento dbr:Salt_Lake_City dbr:Frank_Chin dbr:Golden_Spike_National_Historical_Park dbr:Mount_Newman_railway dbr:Thomas_C._Durant dbr:Leland_Stanford dbr:Lucin_Cutoff dbr:Strasburg,_Colorado dbr:Central_Pacific_Railroad dbr:Collis_P._Huntington dbr:First_transcontinental_railroad dbr:Pacific_Railroad_Acts dbr:Assembly_line dbr:Charles_Crocker dbr:Cheyenne,_Wyoming dbr:Kansas_Pacific_Railway dbc:First_transcontinental_railroad dbr:Ogden,_Utah dbr:Oliver_Ames_Jr. dbr:Omaha,_Nebraska dbr:Santa_Fe_Railroad dbr:Daily_Alta_California dbr:Jack_Casement dbr:James_Harvey_Strobridge dbr:File:The_Promontory_Branch_from_"Rails...ontory"_(Raymond_and_Fike),_pg_37.jpg dbr:File:California_State_Railroad_Museum_(2149868384).jpg dbr:File:Golden_Spike_National_Historic_Site_GOSP4964.jpg dbr:File:Railroad_camp_near_Victory._10_miles_laid_in_one_day_(cropped).jpg dbr:Rozel,_Utah |
| dbp:align | right (en) |
| dbp:caption | Map of Golden Spike National Historical Park, whose grounds include the site of Camp Victory and the end of the record-setting 10 miles of track laid in one day, west of the Visitor's Center. (en) |
| dbp:close | 1905-01-01 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:id | 8 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:mapName | USA San Francisco (en) |
| dbp:mapState | uncollapsed (en) |
| dbp:name | Ten Mile Day (en) |
| dbp:open | 1869-04-28 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:owner | dbr:Central_Pacific_Railroad |
| dbp:quote | The music of the regulated blocks of the spikedrivers falls deliciously on the ear; the steady advances of the ballasters excite the liveliest demonstrations on my part; the splendid drill of the supply trains behind I regard as something in which I have a personal interest; I have become a C.P. of the most violent and uncompromising kind; it is with difficulty that I can restrain myself from a demonstration of triumph that will compel the U.P.'.s sitting there alone by themselves, with long faces, and exchanging, to all appearances, lugubrious remarks, to sink right into their boots; and the pride which the Californian on such an occasion could not fail to feel is entirely justifiable. It is to some extent a contest between the East and West. The ostensible combat with that old and uncompromising demon who has been struggling for centuries to keep the peoples apart. The real tussle, at least to-day, is between the old, worn-out, debauched and dissipated East and the young, vigorous, enterprising, organizing, audacious West. No man could look upon the scenes which I have witnessed this day without rejoicing that his lot is cast by the setting sun. (en) The iron is all well up to the front; there is no longer a hesitancy of failure; the running of an engine off the track cannot retard us. I say "we," because I have become infected by the prevailing enthusiasm. I no longer look upon these gymnastic track-layers with the cold eye of a mere out sider; I no longer merely admire the well-trained artisans who follow them; I no longer accept logically the dexterous performances of the Chinese as a proof that the advanced opinion in relation to their usefulness has received upon this field irrefragable proofs of its correctness. By some process of reasoning unknown to me, I have become merged in the busy mass around. (en) |
| dbp:source | 0001-05-01 (xsd:gMonthDay) |
| dbp:system | dbr:First_transcontinental_railroad |
| dbp:title | Finding the 10 miles of Track Laid in One Day Sign (en) |
| dbp:tracklengthMi | 10.010000 (xsd:double) |
| dbp:width | 30 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Cite_journal dbt:Cite_magazine dbt:Cite_news dbt:Cite_web dbt:Commons_category dbt:Convert dbt:Coord dbt:Efn dbt:Frac dbt:Infobox_rail_line dbt:Notelist dbt:Pad dbt:Quotebox dbt:Reflist dbt:Rp dbt:Start_date dbt:Track_gauge dbt:Youtube |
| dcterms:subject | dbc:First_transcontinental_railroad |
| rdf:type | owl:Thing dbo:Infrastructure dbo:RouteOfTransportation wikidata:Q728937 dbo:ArchitecturalStructure dbo:RailwayLine |
| rdfs:comment | The tracklaying race of 1869 was an unofficial contest between tracklaying crews of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, held during the construction of the First transcontinental railroad. The competition was to determine who would first reach the meeting place at Promontory, Utah. Starting in 1868 the railroad crews set, and subsequently broke, each other's world records for the longest length of track laid in a single day. This culminated in the April 28, 1869 record set by Chinese and Irish crews of the Central Pacific who laid 10 miles 56 feet (16.111 km) of track in one day. That record was again broken by approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) in August 1870 by two crews of the Kansas Pacific, working from opposite ends of the same track. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Tracklaying race of 1869 (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:Tracklaying race of 1869 https://global.dbpedia.org/id/FTrys |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Tracklaying_race_of_1869?oldid=1119869207&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/The_Promontory_Branch...ontory"_(Raymond_and_Fike),_pg_37.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/California_State_Railroad_Museum_(2149868384).jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/GoldenSpike.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Golden_Spike_National_Historic_Site_GOSP4964.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Railroad_camp_near_Vi...0_miles_laid_in_one_day_(cropped).jpg |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Tracklaying_race_of_1869 |
| foaf:name | Ten Mile Day (en) |
| is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of | dbr:Ten_Mile_Day dbr:10_Miles_of_Track,_Laid_in_One_Day dbr:10_mile_day |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:Promontory,_Utah dbr:National_Historic_Site_(United_States) dbr:Donald_Duk dbr:Golden_Spike_National_Historical_Park dbr:Central_Pacific_Railroad dbr:First_transcontinental_railroad dbr:History_of_Chinese_Americans dbr:History_of_San_Francisco_(Refregier_murals) dbr:Ten_Mile_Day dbr:10_Miles_of_Track,_Laid_in_One_Day dbr:10_mile_day |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Tracklaying_race_of_1869 |
