“On May 10, 1869 a telegraph operator in Promontory Summit, Utah sent the word ‘DONE’ to Washington D.C. The first transcontinental railway was complete. The occasion was marked by the Golden Spike Ceremony and captured with a photograph now known as ‘the champagne photo.’ ”
May 2014: “New Efforts To Honor Chinese Railroad Workers – 145 Years Later” (Forbes)
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