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The unincorporated community of Promontory and its location, Promontory Summit, are also frequently referred to as "Promontory Point". [3] Promontory Summit is the site where the First transcontinental railroad was completed and is located about 30 miles (48 km) north–northwest of the promontory, near the north end of the Promontory Mountains.
Promontory is an area of high ground in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, 32 mi (51 km) west of Brigham City and 66 mi (106 km) northwest of Salt Lake City. Rising to an elevation of 4,902 feet (1,494 m) above sea level , it lies to the north of the Promontory Mountains and the Great Salt Lake . [ 2 ]
National Park Service map of Golden Spike National Historical Park. The Golden Spike National Historical Park encompasses 2,735 acres (1,107 ha). Initially just 7 acres (2.8 ha) when it was established in 1957, limited to the area near the junction of the two rail systems, the site was expanded by 2,176 acres (881 ha) in 1965 through land swaps and acquisition of approximately a strip of land ...
The unincorporated community of Promontory and its location, Promontory Summit, are also frequently referred to as "Promontory Point". [4] Promontory Summit is the site where the First transcontinental railroad was completed and is located about 30 miles (48 km) north–northwest of Promontory Point, near the north end of the Promontory Mountains.
Promontory Point (Utah), a cape in Box Elder County, Utah Promontory Point, Utah , a ghost town on the cape Promontory, Utah , an unincorporated community at Promontory Summit, aka Promontory Point, a mountain gap in northern Utah where the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad connected
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The Promontory Mountains of 35 mi (56 km) were bypassed by the First transcontinental railroad in 1869, which came just north of it at Promontory Summit. [5] The replacement 1904 Lucin Cutoff trestle crossed the southern tip of the mountains at Promontory Point, [6] and the trestle was replaced in 1959 by an earthern causeway.
Five-point loss to Vanderbilt for the first time in half a century: Earth-shattering in the moment, a little more tolerable in retrospect, and still survivable. Three-possession loss to an ...