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The Jupiter (officially known as Central Pacific Railroad #60) was a 4-4-0 steam locomotive owned by the Central Pacific Railroad. It made history when it joined the Union Pacific No. 119 at Promontory Summit , Utah, during the golden spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
Union Pacific No. 119 was a 4-4-0 American type steam locomotive made famous for meeting the Central Pacific Railroad's Jupiter at Promontory Summit, Utah, during the Golden Spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
The locomotive is a 1908 Milwaukee Road I-5 switcher steam engine, believed to be the last of its kind, preserved under a shed roof. [6] IN-02 New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Steam Locomotive No. 765: 1944 built New Haven, IN: IA-01 Great Northern Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1355: 4-6-0 then 4-6-2: 1909 built 1924 rebuilt 2004 NRHP
The Chicago Cultural Center (1893), built on land donated by the GAR, maintains a memorial hall to the Grand Army. Aurora Grand Army of the Republic Hall (Aurora, Illinois) Built in 1878 as a memorial to the Union soldiers. G.A.R. Post No. 20 met here until the 1930s, when the last member died.
180-year-old locomotive could be buried under Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn
Rosehill's Joliet-limestone entrance gate (added in 1864) was designed by William W. Boyington, the architect of the Chicago Water Tower and the Old University of Chicago, who is buried in Rosehill. The Rosehill Cemetery Administration Building and Entry Gate was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
On Sunday, members of Operation Benjamin, an organization devoted to ensuring the graves of U.S. Jewish soldiers buried abroad have Stars of David headstones, will gather around the gravesite of ...
Camp Douglas, in Chicago, Illinois, sometimes described as "The North's Andersonville," was one of the largest Union Army prisoner-of-war camps for Confederate soldiers taken prisoner during the American Civil War. Based south of the city on the prairie, it was also used as a training and detention camp for Union soldiers.