Mississippi River Bridge
How could transcontinental railroad passengers traveling from New York to San Francisco get across the Mississippi River?
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 10:38 AM
Friday, September 14, 2012
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"On April 22, 1856, the citizens of Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, cheered as they watched three steam locomotives pull eight passenger cars safely across the newly completed Chicago and Rock Island railroad bridge over the Mississippi River."
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