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Golden Spike Geocoin mel-whv's Golden Spike Geocoin (EAST)

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Released:
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Origin:
Niedersachsen, Germany
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Golden Spike (EAST)

…die Central Pacific Railroad begann 1863 von Sacramento / Kalifornien aus mit der Verlegung der Eisenbahnstrecke nach Osten. Die Union Pacific begann zwei Jahre später im Juli 1865 mit der Verlegung der Strecke von Omaha / Nebraska aus nach Westen. Um ihren Personalbedarf zu decken, stellte Central Pacific Tausende chinesischer Arbeiter ein, darunter viele, die von Bauernhöfen in Canton rekrutiert worden sind. Die Arbeiter hatten die gewaltige Aufgabe, die Strecke über das zerklüftete kalifornische Sierra Nevada-Gebirge zu legen, und mussten dafür 15 Tunnel sprengen. Die Mannschaft der Union Pacific, die sich hauptsächlich aus irischen Einwanderern und Bürgerkriegsveteranen zusammensetzte, hatte mit indianischen Angriffen und den Rocky Mountains zu kämpfen. Am 10. Mai 1869 trafen sich die beiden Eisenbahnlinien mit THE JUPITER aus Westen und THE 119 aus Osten auf dem Promontory Summit in Utah mit einem zeremoniellen Goldenen Nagel, der zum Gedenken an die Verbindung der beiden Eisenbahnen diente, nachdem sie eine neue Strecke von 1.856 Meilen und 2.859,66 km (4.814 Fuß) fertiggestellt hatten. Dieser Nagel befand sich ursprünglich an der auf diesen Coins (West und Ost Version) genannten Koordinaten bei N 41° 37.077 W 112° 33.095. Diese beiden Stücke ziehen nun ebenfalls in meine Sammlung ein!!

…the Central Pacific Railroad began laying track eastward from Sacramento, California in 1863. The Union Pacific started laying track westward from Omaha, Nebraska, two years later in July, 1865. To meet its manpower needs, the Central Pacific hired thousands of Chinese laborers, including many recruited from farms in Canton. The crew had the formidable task of laying the track crossing California's rugged Sierra Nevada mountain range and had to blast fifteen tunnels to accomplish this. The crew of the Union Pacific, which was composed largely of Irish immigrants and Civil War veterans, had to contend with Indian attacks and the Rocky Mountains. On May 10, 1869, after completing 1,776 miles and 4,814 feet (2,859.66 km) of new track, the two rail lines met with THE JUPITER from Western side and THE 119 from Eastern side at Promontory Summit, Utah, with a ceremonial Golden Spike used to commemorate joining together the two railroads. This spike was originally located at the coordinates named on both Coins (West and East versions) at N 41° 37.077 W 112° 33.095. These two coins are now including in my collection as well!!!

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Discovered It 5/25/2020 Matisons! discovered it   Visit Log

Thank you for sharing this nice trackable 😉

Discovered It 5/20/2020 DeltaMikeAlpha discovered it   Visit Log

Greetings from Minnesota. I'm discovering this trackable with the kind permission of mel-whv. I have to say that you have a lot of very interesting coins in your collection. Thanks & Cheers!

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Discovered it on the description's photo or in the description. Thanks for sharing ! 🙂

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Danke fürs zeigen

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Danke fürs zeigen von den alles Coins und TB'S

Discovered It 4/26/2020 Тracker discovered it   Visit Log

Cool geocoin!
A great addition to your collection! I enjoy watching them.
And I want to touch some of them ;-)
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Discovered It 4/17/2020 team jacky discovered it   Visit Log

Vielen dank für das zeigen

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Heute in deinem Showroom endeckt.
Großartige Sammlung. Chapó

Danke fürs Zeigen.

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Nice, thank you

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Discovered it. Thank you for sharing.

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