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[[File:FWPNW026HobokenNJSA0266.jpg|right|thumb|The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826]] | [[File:FWPNW026HobokenNJSA0266.jpg|right|thumb|The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826]] | ||
[[File:East_west_shaking_hands_by_russell.jpg|thumb|1869: 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).]] | |||
== Railroad mileage history == | == Railroad mileage history == | ||
(adapted from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States | (adapted from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States History of rail transportation in the United States (wikipedia))] | ||
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== Maps - similar maps showing growth | == Maps - similar maps showing growth over time == | ||
See [[commons:Category:Rail_transport_maps_of_the_United_States| Rail transport maps of the United States - Wikimedia Commons]] | |||
'''1840, 1850, 1860''' | |||
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History_of_transportation_in_the_United_States_before_1860_(1917)_(14757946611).jpg|1840 History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14757946611) | |||
File:History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (1917) (14760797742).jpg|<nowiki>1850 from History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14760797742)]</nowiki> | |||
History_of_transportation_in_the_United_States_before_1860_(1917)_(14574497328).jpg|1860: History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14574497328) | |||
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'''1840, 1850. 1870, 1880, 1890''' | |||
see https://archive.org/details/americanrailwayt1908john/page/17/mode/1up?view=theater | |||
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File:American Railway Transportation p-017 Canals and Railroad New York 1840.png|1840 Canals and Railroads | File:American Railway Transportation p-017 Canals and Railroad New York 1840.png|1840 Canals and Railroads | ||
File:American Railway Transportation p-019 Canals and Railroad Pennsylvania1840.png|1840 Railroads | File:American Railway Transportation p-019 Canals and Railroad Pennsylvania1840.png|1840 Railroads | ||
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'''1850, 1916''' | '''1850, 1916''' | ||
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File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14784116252).jpg|1850 railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14784116252) | File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14784116252).jpg|1850 railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14784116252) | ||
File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14804330853).jpg|1916 railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14804330853) | File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14804330853).jpg|1916 railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14804330853) | ||