Letter from Thomas Durant, President Union Pacific Railroad to President Abraham Lincoln
This letter from Thomas Durant, president of the newly formed Union Pacific Railroad, to President Abraham Lincoln, is one of the first signs of the Second Industrial Revolution. In his letter, Durant makes a humble request for the first 100 miles of track of what will become the largest railroad company in the United States. Since the Civil War was upon the nation, construction of these first 100 miles would have to wait until the end of the war, which would not come for another six months.
Five years after Durant sent this letter to the President, Union Pacific would complete construction of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, under Durant鈥檚 direction. The completion of this railroad would allow a traveler to leave New York City on Monday morning and arrive in San Francisco on Thursday afternoon. Prior to the transcontinental railroad鈥檚 completion, the same trip would have taken around six months.
Letter from Thomas Durant, President of the Union Pacific Railroad to President Abraham Lincoln, November 3, 1864. 威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: 302008.
Letter from Thomas Durant, President of the Union Pacific Railroad, to Abraham Lincoln, November 3, 1864. 威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: 302008.
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