Source of construction material
What country supplied material for the Transcontinental Railroad?
—J.T.
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 5:23 PM
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
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Section 4 of the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 which President Lincoln signed contains the requirement that: "the rails and all the other iron used in the construction and equipment of said road to be American manufacture."
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