Promontory Point
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Southern end of the Promontory Mountains. Access by county road from the north. Union Pacific Railroad runs past here on its line between Ogden, Utah and California: west of this point the railroad sits atop a causeway that stretches to Lakeside on the western shore of Great Salt Lake.
There is a common misconception that this was the location of the Golden Spike ceremony at the joining of the first transcontinental railroad, but that was at Promontory Summit, thirty miles to the north. wikimapia.org/#lat=41.6175&lon=-112.550833&z=14&l=0&m=...
There is a common misconception that this was the location of the Golden Spike ceremony at the joining of the first transcontinental railroad, but that was at Promontory Summit, thirty miles to the north. wikimapia.org/#lat=41.6175&lon=-112.550833&z=14&l=0&m=...
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Coordinates: 41°12'45"N 112°26'7"W
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