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A 43-foot-long replica of the original 5 5/8-inch golden spike, marking the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869, recently arrived at the Utah State Capitol ...

The original golden spike — which marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869 — measures about 5 ⅝ inches. A replica 92 times that size — 43 feet long — ...

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Brigham City • When two railroads met at northern Utah’s Promontory Summit in 1869, the country was joined from coast to coast for the first time — a connection sealed by a final spike, commonly known ...

PROMONTORY, Utah — Friday is the 155th anniversary of the day the world changed with the joining of East and West right here in Utah. The transcontinental railroad was finished on May 10, 1869, a date ...