Betcha y’all didn’t know 130

[953 nut 65,704]

May 10, 1869 The Golden Spike is driven, completing the first US Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, connecting the Central Pacific Railroad with the Union Pacific.

[oldlineman 1,694]

That is a reflection of a country working together for greater good, unlike other times in our history. Thank you Richard for our daily history lesson.

[SylvanLakeWH 31,292]

Only known photograph of the May 9th actual connection date...

 

 

Bob, Hank, Gus and the Other Bob are seen discussing how to inform management...

 

The formal event was postponed a day to allow the Four Stooges pictured to rectify the situation. They are still fighting over the contract change order...

[ri702bill 12,013]

Kind of a 6 Volt to 12 Volt conversion!

[Handy Don 16,425]

3 hours ago, oldlineman said:

That is a reflection of a country working together for greater good, unlike other times in our history. Thank you Richard for our daily history lesson.

Dig a bit deeper and you’ll learn a lot more about how plain ol’ profit and competition drove that milestone (with a nod to Abraham Lincoln before he became president, too).

[953 nut 65,704]

8 hours ago, Handy Don said:

profit and competition drove that milestone

You mean like the fact that the Central Pacific Rail Road Company made their rout longer than necessary because 20 square miles of land were given to the railroad for every mile of track they put down and the fact that their route meandered from one natural water source to the next so the free land would be more valuable.

[oldlineman 1,694]

Yes money and greed usually creeps into most greater good projects!