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ID: 1100701
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1100701
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Golden Spike National Historic Site (historic site)  Golden Spike National Historic Site (historic site)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 37 07 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.6180  decimal degrees
Long: 112 32 51 W  degrees minutes   Long: -112.5470  decimal degrees

Note: Historic site located at Promontory summit, north of the Great Salt Lake in Utah; was location of the driving of a ceremonial golden spike in 1869 to mark the intersection of the first Transcontinental Railroad,where the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met.

Names:
Golden Spike National Historic Site (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Utah (state)  ............  Utah (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Box Elder (county)  ................  Box Elder (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Golden Spike National Historic Site (historic site)  ....................  Golden Spike National Historic Site (historic site) (P)

Place Types:
historic site (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Golden Spike National Historic Site..........  [VP Preferred]
...........................................................  Times Atlas of World History (1993)
...........................................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS49006996
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS49006996
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
..........  Times Atlas of World History (1993)

 

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