Union Pacific Railroad

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History

Main article: History of the Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific in the 19th century

See also: First transcontinental railroad

The original company, the "Union Pacific Rail Road", was incorporated on July 1, 1862, under the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. President Abraham Lincoln had approved the act, which authorized railroad construction from the Missouri River to the Pacific to ensure the stability of the Union throughout the American Civil War, but construction did not complete until after that conflict's conclusion.

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