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by Anonymous on March 1st, 2004

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What was the telegraph message sent from coast to coast upon the completion of the transcontinental railroad?

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  • by RedJohn on October 2nd, 2005

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    They would have had to shout real loud! The Canadian Pacific Railway completed the first cross-country rail link in 1885. The cross-country telegraph system was not completed until 1886.

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  • by Holly_T on January 20th, 2011

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    The message simply said," Done."

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