[DOC] [TLE] First Transcontinental Railroad - Wikipedia [PAR] The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile (3,069 km) contiguous 
railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing 
eastern U.S. rail network at .... Legislation to begin construction of the Pacific 
Railroad (called the Memorial of .... The Central Pacific broke ground on January 
8, 1863. [DOC] [TLE] Timeline : Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project [PAR] December 2, 1863: The Union Pacific Railroad breaks ground in Omaha, ... 1866: 
Grizzly Hill and Emigrant Gap Tunnels (Tunnels 1 and 2) are in construction. ... 
According to the paper, so many laborers quit that entire gangs were broken up. [DOC] [TLE] RAIL CREWS OVERCAME OBSTACLES | Deseret News [PAR] May 8, 1994 ... The Railroad Act of 1862 authorized the construction of a railroad line and 
telegraph from ... Ground had been broken in the east at Omaha on Dec. 2, 1863, 
but no track was laid until after the Civil War in the spring of 1865. [DOC] [TLE] December 2 - Wyoming Places [PAR] Dec 2, 2014 ... 1863 On December 2, 1863, the Union Pacific Railroad Company broke ground 
on the Missouri River Bottoms in Omaha, but construction did... [DOC] [TLE] Union Pacific Timeline 1864-1880 - UtahRails.net [PAR] Oct 20, 2015 ... December 12, 1863 -- Ground was broken at Omaha, Nebraska Territory. ... July 
2, 1864 -- Limits of the company were changed by an amendment to the ... (
Condensed History of the Construction of the Union Pacific Railway,... [DOC] [TLE] Union Pacific Railroad - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] Nov 11, 2011 ... The Union Pacific Railroad had been organized to build the eastern end of ... cost 
of construction, the Union Pacific had extended its rails two hundred ... at Omaha, 
December 2, 1863, eleven months after ground was broken... [DOC] [TLE] Railroads America - Building The Union Pacific [PAR] The Union Pacific Railroad was organized on a different plan from the ... and at 
Omaha ground was broken for the transcontinental line on December 2, 1863. ... 
Union Pacific had simply marked time so far as construction was concerned; now,
... [DOC] [TLE] RailsWest.com Pacific Railroad Unites Nation, Fosters Growth [PAR] Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 Enables Construction of Line. Steamer landing ... 
The Central Pacific Railroad broke ground at Front and K Streets in Sacramento 
on January 8, 1863, the Union Pacific a Omaha on December 2, 1863. Crocker 
took... [DOC] [TLE] 'Greatest Work Ever' Started Century Ago  Desert Sun 6 December ... [PAR] Desert Sun, Number 107, 6 December 1963  'Greatest Work Ever' Started 
Century ... 2, 1863, ground was broken for construction of the Union Pacific 
Railroad. ... In 1863 when the crowd of about 1.000 gathered at the village of 
Omaha for... [DOC] [TLE] Progress of the Railroad by William Francis Bailey [PAR] < Previous 1 2 Next >> ... Along the line of the completed road are construction 
trains pushing 'to the front' with ... Ground broken at Omaha, December 2nd, 1863
. [DOC] [TLE] Timeline . Transcontinental Railroad . American Experience . WGBH ... [PAR] A comprehensive timeline of the American Transcontinental Railroad. ... 
December 2, 1863. In a gala ceremony, the Union Pacific breaks ground in 
Omaha, Nebraska, although it is some time before the ... The move allows Durant 
to pay himself for construction, generating giant profits without congressional 
oversight. [DOC] [TLE] The First Transcontinental Railroad  Chapter 11 - Sir Thomas Browne [PAR] Oct 16, 2013 ... Ground was broken for the Union Pacific on the Nebraska side of ..... The Loup 
Fork bridge, under construction during a good part of ...... Although the Union 
Pacific ground had been broken at Omaha on December 2, 1863,... [DOC] [TLE] Union Pacific Railroad - WyoHistory.org [PAR] The construction of the Union Pacific in 1868 gave rise to the towns, geography ... 
On Dec. 2, 1863, construction began on the railroad in Omaha, Nebraska ... 3, 
1868, when vigilantes broke into the jail to capture and lynch three garrotters. ..... 
best viewed during daylight hours, although the grounds are

Question: On December 2, 1863, ground was broken in Omaha for the construction of this railroad
Answer: the Union-Pacific Railroad