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Encyclopedia > Pacific Railroad Act

The Pacific Railway Acts were passed by the United States Congress in 1862 and 1864.


The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 gave land grants in the western United States to the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad (later the Southern Pacific Railroad) to construct a transcontinental railroad. The act granted 10 square miles (26 kmē) of public land on each side of the track for every mile laid.


See also, First Transcontinental Railroad (North America)


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PBS - THE WEST - The Pacific Railway Act (1862) (551 words)
An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California are hereby authorized to construct a railroad and telegraph line from the Pacific coast...
10...And the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California after completing its road across said State, is authorized to continue the construction of said railroad and telegraph through the Territories of the United States to the Missouri River...
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