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Transcontinental railroad completed, making it easier to move whale oil and other whale products from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic.
Transcontinental railroad completed, making it easier to move whale oil and other whale products from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic.
Timeline Date:
1869
Related Teaching Unit:
Harvesting Light: New England Whaling in the Nineteenth Century