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Imagine the days before planes, trains, and automobiles. As 21st-century humans, it's hard to conceptualize relying on the Pony Express to deliver our snail mail, let alone our Amazon deliveries. These days, people are used to instant gratification, where the latest impulse purchase arrives overnight, starting out on one coast in the evening and taking the red-eye to land on the opposite coast by morning. The First Transcontinental Railroad, which was in direct congruence with the Industrial Revolution , wasn't the first rail line in America, but it was certainly the most ambitious. And upon completion, it forever altered the shape of both business and pleasure by finally providing a feasible means of transportation from east to west. The railroad was so ambitious, in fact, that it took multiple investors, permission and aid from the government, hundreds of engineers, and thousands of laborers who braved harsh weather conditions, and unethical treatment, to complete it. But progress is never made without sacrifice. The story of the conception of the Transcontinental Railroad is filled with cases of corruption and crimes against humanity. In some ways, its very existence is a representation of the Industrial Revolution itself. Read on to get the truth behind this epic undertaking of man and machine. The Transcontinental Railroad Blood Sweat Tears and.
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