Construction cost of the transcontinental railroad?
I was wondering how much the transcontinental railroad cost.
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 7:03 PM
Sunday, June 01, 2008
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4 Comments:
One estimate of the cost to build the transcontinental railroad is $46,989,320 for the Central Pacific Railroad, plus $77,559,370.61 for the Union Pacific Railroad, for a total of $124,548,691.
Of course, the dollar amounts would need to be adjusted for inflation.
The amount of Dollars would be $2.876.154.290,50
$124,548,691.00 in 1869 dollars is:
$3,467,880,956.04 in 2018 dollars
Consumer Price Index (Urban)
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