[101]:85. Turnbull, Archibald Douglas, and Clifford Lee Lord. They were then loaded on ships which either sailed around South America's Cape Horn, or offloaded the cargo at the Isthmus of Panama, where it was sent across via paddle steamer and the Panama Railroad. Thomas Durant is a regular character in the series and is portrayed by actor Colm Meaney. From the time of his First Annual Message to Congress in December 1901, Roosevelt expressed the progressive belief that government should mediate between conflicting forces (including capital and labor, isolationism and expansionism and conservation and development) in order to stabilize American society. Interview with historian Steve Fraser; Industrial Age in America: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry EDSITEment lesson from National Endowment for the Humanities; Robber Barons, Oil, and Power from 1860 - Daniel Sheehan, University of California Santa Cruz, "The Trajectory of Justice in By contrast, the clash of two Gilded Ages reminds us that the U.S. and China are rivals who share similar woes at home. Smith later appeared in a revival of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in the starring role of Henry Higgins. The first transcontinental rail passengers arrived at the Pacific Railroad's original western terminus at the Alameda Terminal on September 6, 1869, where they transferred to the steamer Alameda for transport across the Bay to San Francisco. [98] Almost all of the roadbed work had to be done manually, using shovels, picks, axes, two-wheeled dump carts, wheelbarrows, ropes, scrapers, etc., with initially only black powder available for blasting. The railroad tracks, spikes, telegraph wire, locomotives, railroad cars, supplies etc. A book review: Mormon workers on Union Pacific transcontinental tracks, The Use of Black Powder and Nitroglycerine on the transcontinental railroad, Constructing the Central Pacific Railroad. The railroad experimented by hiring local emigrant Chinese as manual laborers, many of whom were escaping the poverty and terrors of the war in the Sze Yup districts in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong province in China. Phineapple. "[112], " 'We took away their country and their means of support, broke up their mode of living, their habits of life, introduced disease and decay among them, and it was for this and against this they made war. The original transcontinental railroad route did not pass through the two biggest cities in the so-called Great American DesertDenver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah. [10], The US Navy recognizes October 13, 1775, as the date of its official establishmentthe date of the passage of the resolution of the Continental Congress at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that created the Continental Navy. After the rail line's initial climb through the Missouri River bluffs west of Omaha and out of the Missouri River Valley, the route bridged the Elkhorn River and then crossed over the new 1,500-foot (460m) Loup River bridge as it followed the north side of the Platte River valley west through Nebraska along the general path of the Oregon, Mormon and California Trails. c. Many older ships were scrapped by the five nations to meet the treaty limitations, and new building of capital ships limited. [149] Submarines effectively destroyed the Japanese merchant fleet by January 1945 and choked off Japan's oil supply. Shortages of food and supplies were caused by the blockade, the failure of Southern railroads, the loss of control of the main rivers, and foraging by Union and Confederate armies. The first victory for the Navy in the war occurred on November 17, 1917 when USSFanning and USSNicholson sank the German U-boat U-58. 214221. [115], After a short period of demobilization, the major naval nations of the globe began programmes for increasing the size and number of their capital ships. Track ballast was put between the ties as they progressed. [54], After 1864, the Central Pacific Railroad received the same Federal financial incentives as the Union Pacific Railroad, along with some construction bonds granted by the state of California and the city of San Francisco. Theodore Judah was a fervent supporter of the central route railroad. Doc. Leland Stanford drove The Last Spike (or golden spike) that joined the rails of the transcontinental railroad. The novel gives a vivid and accurate description of In 1902, his government brought a successful suit under the previously ineffective Sherman Antitrust Act against the Northern Securities Company, a railroad combination formed by James J. Hill, E.H. Harriman and J.P. Morgan. Congress also authorized the construction of the first battleships in the Navy, USSTexas and USSMaine. The steam locomotives had been purchased in the eastern states and shipped to California by sea. He attracted fellow expatriates such as David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Bruce (who served as captain), Leslie Howard[9] and Boris Karloff to the club as well as local American players. In 1588, one of the greatest turning points in world history occurred when Spain's "invincible" armada of 130 ships sailed into the English Channel. The same day, Governor Nicholas Cooke signed orders addressed to Captain Abraham Whipple, commander of the sloop Katy, and commodore of the armed vessels employed by the government. But this spectacular progress came with many problems, not least soaring income inequality that by 2012 had come to exceed even that in the United States. Anglo-Saxon By 1789, the new Constitution of the United States authorized Congress to create a navy, but during George Washington's first term (17871793) little was done to rearm the navy. [153], The Battle of Okinawa became the last major battle between U.S. and Japanese ground units. Most of the capital investment needed to build the railroad was generated by selling government-guaranteed bonds (granted per mile of completed track) to interested investors. In June 1846, thirty-three American immigrants in Alta California who had entered without official permission [139] It deduced that Hawaii was the target in June 1942, and that Yamamoto's fleet would strike at Midway Island. Another submarine, CSSH.L. To get from Sacramento to the Pacific, the Central Pacific purchased in 1867 the struggling Western Pacific Railroad (unrelated to the railroad of the same name that would later parallel its route) and in February 1868 resumed construction on it, which had halted in October 1866 because of funding troubles. Grenville, John A. S. and George Berkeley Young. The railroad even dipped into what would become the new state of Colorado after crossing the North Platte River as it followed the South Platte River west into what would become Julesburg before turning northwest along Lodgepole Creek into Wyoming. If you buy this narrative, a new Cold War can be the only outcome. Ames got his brother Oliver Ames Jr. named president of the Union Pacific, while he himself became president of Crdit Mobilier.[118]. That was unfeasible since even on the surface submarines could not move faster than 20 knots, far slower than the 30 knot main warships. [citation needed], After the war, the Navy's accomplishments paid off in the form of better funding, and it embarked on the construction of many new ships. Central Pacific Railroad, Articles of Association, California State Archives, Sacramento, California. [81] In 1885, two more protected cruisers, USSCharleston and USSNewark which was the last American cruiser to be fitted with a sail rig, were authorized. June, 1870, Tables 215, 216, "Report on the Pacific Railroads", US House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, House Ex. More importantly for England, it marked the dawn of the era of permanent English settlement of the New World. [99] President Wilson forced the Germans to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare and after long debate Congress passes the Naval Act of 1916 that authorized a $500million construction program over three years for 10 battleships, 6 battlecruisers, 10 scout cruisers, 50 destroyers and 67 submarines. Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez reported a troubling pattern of rising income and wealth concentration in the U.S. since progressive taxation was cut back in the 1980s. In 1866 they put in a 125-foot (38m) vertical shaft in the center of the summit tunnel and started work towards the east and west tunnel faces, giving four working faces on the summit tunnel to speed up progress. The Silent Spikes: Chinese Laborers and the Construction of North American Railroads, comp. While there he developed pneumonia and was wrongly pronounced dead by doctors. The two great rivals can and do share similarities though they are never identical. Their start point in the new city of Omaha, Nebraska was not yet connected via railroad to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Hunley, was designed to dive and surface but ultimately did not work well and sank on five occasions during trials. Viking Usually the workers lived in camps built near their work site. With most New Bedford Public Schools opening for their first day of classes on September 1, technicians and specialists of NBPS Technology Services Department have been busy throughout the summer carrying out their departments annual IT Refresh Program for the coming 2022-2023 School Year. Lincoln adopted the plan in terms of a blockade to squeeze to death the Confederate economy, but overruled Scott's warnings that his new army was not ready for an offensive operation because public opinion demanded an immediate attack. In the 2013 Walt Disney movie The Lone Ranger featured the transcontinental railroad being constructed & opened, but with a twist. Brigham Young, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, landed contracts with the Union Pacific that offered jobs for around 2,000 members of the church with the hope that the railroad would support commerce in Utah. For maps and railroad pictures of this era shortly after the advent of photography see: First US railroad to connect the Pacific coast to the Eastern states, built from 1863 to 1869. Tzu-Kuei, "Chinese Workers and the First Transcontinental Railroad of the United States of America", p. 128. The Central Pacific was a prolific user of black powder, often using up to 500 kegs of 25 pounds (11kg) each per day.[83]. To say that the U.S. and China are similar, however, does not mean that they are identical. Instead of Union Pacific No. The Central Pacific got a direct route to San Francisco when it was merged with the Southern Pacific Railroad to create the Southern Pacific Company in 1885. But a new plan and an inspired day might just open up hearts and change the course of the entire summer for everyone. [155] By the end of the war the US Navy had over 1200 warships, surpassing the size of the Royal Navy. [104] Admiral William Sims charged after the war that in April 1917, only ten percent of the Navy's warships were fully manned; the rest lacked 43% of their seamen. NBPS Installs $3.8Million in New Technology. The Treaty prescribed a ratio of 5:5:3:1:1 for capital ships between treaty nations. Initially, Central Pacific had a hard time hiring and keeping unskilled workers on its line, as many would leave for the prospect of far more lucrative gold or silver mining options elsewhere. Pride and pitfalls along the coast to coast track, by Michael Kenney. Other than a general lack of money, factors for the disarmament of the navy were the loose confederation of the states, a change of goals from war to peace, and more domestic and fewer foreign interests. Activity 2. The original westward travelers in their ox and mule pulled wagons tried to stick to river valleys to avoid as much road building as possiblegradients and sharp corners were usually of little or no concern to them. Ties were typically unloaded from horse-drawn or mule-drawn wagons and then placed on the track ballast and leveled to get ready for the rails. Evans Pass was located between what would become the new "railroad" towns of Cheyenne and Laramie. During the 2008 financial crisis, elites on Wall Street received bailouts from the government, while people on Main Street lost their jobs and savings. During the Gilded Age, the country underwent economic expansion and big business boomed. Most Chinese workers spoke only rudimentary or no English, and the supervisors typically only learned rudimentary Chinese. [42] The Pacific Railroad Act of 1863 established the standard gauge to be used in these federally financed railways. But much of the south had adopted a 5ft (1,524mm) gauge. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! The cruise had the desired effect, and American power was subsequently taken more seriously. Now that he was President, Roosevelt went on the attack. [15][16][N 5] Service between San Francisco and Oakland Pier continued to be provided by ferry. The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of its active battle fleet alone exceeding the next 13 navies combined, including 11 allies or partner nations of the United States as of 2015. Tunnels 15 and Tunnel 13 of the original 1860s tunnels on Track 1 of the Sierra grade remain in use today, while additional new tunnels were later driven when the grade was double tracked over the first quarter of the twentieth century. [126], In 1941, the Atlantic Fleet was reactivated. President Truman appointed him Secretary of Defense, but the two disagreed over budgets and Truman fired him in 1949 when Forrestal took the Navy's side in a public protest against White House policy known as the Revolt of the Admirals. Hunters were hired to provide buffalo meat from the large herds of American bison. These eventually succeeded at keeping the tracks clear for all but a few days of the year.[114]. Their franchise has recently [late 1867] been assigned to parties in the interest of the Central Pacific Railroad Company; and it is probable that this line will be formally incorporated with the Central Pacific Railroad, and the road extended from Sacramento to San Francisco by the. All became substantially wealthy from their association with the railroad. [89] Since then all east- and westbound traffic has been run over the Track #2 grade crossing the summit about one mile (1.6km) south of Donner Pass through the 10,322-foot-long (3,146m) Tunnel #41 ("The Big Hole") running under Mt. [citation needed], At that time in the United States, there were two primary standards for track gauge, as defined by the distance between the two rails. These lines eventually superseded the original First Transcontinental Telegraph which followed much of the Mormon Trail up the North Platte River and across the very thinly populated Central Nevada Route through central Utah and Nevada. Combined with missile technology, this gave the United States the assured second-strike capability that was the foundation of deterrence against the Soviet Union. : laundries and kitchens). The Union Pacific also utilized their experience repairing and building truss bridges during the war. USSEnterprise was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and was followed by the Nimitz-class supercarriers. Thus, understanding U.S.-China relations as the clash of two Gilded Ages has important implications. Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 into law on July 1. On one memorable occasion, not far from Promontory, the Central Pacific crews organized an army of workers and five train loads of construction material, and laid 10 miles (16km) of track on a prepared rail bed in one day-a record that still stands today. On January 12, 2016, Iranian armed forces captured ten Navy personnel when their two boats entered Iranian territorial waters off the coast of Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf. Chinese laborers were also crucial in the construction of 15 tunnels along the railroad's line through the Sierra Nevada mountains. The rail route over the Sierras followed the general route of the Truckee branch of the California Trail, going east over Donner Pass and down the rugged Truckee River valley. His bushy eyebrows, beady eyes, handlebar moustache, and height of 6'2" made him one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood. Distribute to the groups the chart "Robber Baron or Captain of Industry?" The telephone was different from the telegraph in that: the telephone allowed for a voice communication. Theodore Roosevelt became the 26st U.S. President in 1901, and was elected for a second term in 1904. Durant chose routes that would favor places where he held land, and he announced connections to other lines at times that suited his share dealings. Train fuel and water cranes for the early trains with steam locomotives may have been as often as every 10 miles (16km). In action against USSHousatonic the submarine successfully sank its target but was lost by the same explosion. Young and physically robust, he brought new energy to the White House and won a second term on his own merits in 1904. At Baltimore, the bombardment by Fort McHenry inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner", and the hulks blocking the channel prevented the fleet from entering the harbor; the army reembarked on the ships, ending the battle. Huntingtons notion of civilizations, however, posits an identity that people inherit from birth, and that, in his words, cannot be changed. This provides a fancy camouflage for claiming that people of different races Caucasians vs. non-Caucasians as Skinners words imply, are destined to be divided and eventually clash. Once the railroad was complete supplies could be moved from distant factories directly to the construction site by rail. Simon de Montfort Once the hole was about 10 inches (25cm) deep, it would be filled with black powder, a fuse set and then ignited from a safe distance. (1891) pp. Today, that role is being revived in the context of a new Gilded Age, with politicians harnessing great power competition with China to justify big state actions. Forty-one years later, he appeared in the most acclaimed film version of the novel, this time as the wise old adviser. In 1861, just months after he founded the Central Pacific, Stanford was elected governor of California. On the other hand, the unchecked forces of capitalism threatened to splinter society and destabilize the economy. Both groups of financiers formed independent companies to complete the project, and they controlled management of the new companies along with the railroad ventures. Most of the other deviations are in mountainous areas where interstate highways allow for grades up to six-percent grades, which allows them to go many places the railroads had to go around, since their goal was to hold their grades to less than two percent. Upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Roosevelt left his post as naval secretary to become colonel of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as the Rough Riders. Once in Cuba, Roosevelt led the Rough Riders in a brave, costly uphill charge in the Battle of San Juan; he returned home as one of the wars most visible heroes. [57] Despite their small stature[58] and lack of experience, the Chinese laborers were responsible for most of the heavy manual labor since only a very limited amount of that work could be done by animals, simple machines, or black powder. Thrusting westward, the last two rails were laid by Irishmen;. Coming to America: The Era of Mass Immigration: In this interactive tutorial, learn about the era of mass immigration from 1865 to 1914, when as many as 25 million immigrants entered the United States, many of them through Ellis Island. During this campaign USSSea Gull became the first steam-powered ship to see combat action. The primary incentive had been getting the subsidies, which meant that upgrades of all kinds were routinely required in the following years. The geographic boundaries of China changed from dynasty to dynasty; regional identities solidified and melted away. [21], After the American Revolutionary War, the brand-new United States struggled to stay financially afloat. Kiron Skinner, then director of policy planning at the State Department, said, This is a fight with a really different civilization and a different ideology and the United States hasnt had that before. With the closing of the frontier, geographical expansionists had to look outwards, to the Caribbean, to Hawaii and the Pacific, and with the doctrine of Manifest Destiny as philosophical justification, many saw the Navy as an essential part of realizing that doctrine beyond the limits of the American continent. Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his contributions to the conservation movement in the United States. Crews could then start work in advance of the railroad reaching these locations. Berggruen In 1930, a rail bridge across the Carquinez replaced the Benicia ferries. The lists do not show all contributions to every state ballot measure, or each independent expenditure committee formed to support or [65], At the end of 1865, Peter A. Dey, Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific, resigned over a routing dispute with Thomas C. Durant, one of the chief financiers of the Union Pacific. READ MORE: How Theodore Roosevelt Changed the Way America Operated in the World. Graham Masterton's 1981 novel A Man of Destiny (published in the UK as Railroad) is a fictionalized account of the line's construction. The railroad crosses the Wasatch Mountains via a much gentler grade through Weber Canyon. Ideally, these cuts would be matched with valley fills that could use the dug out material to bring the road bed up to gradecut and fill construction. In the 1999 Will Smith film Wild Wild West, the joining ceremony is the setting of an assassination attempt on then U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant by the film's antagonist Dr. Arliss Loveless. Institute. Civilizations are differentiated from each other by history, language, culture, tradition and, most important, religion. In 194849 the "Revolt of the Admirals" came when a number of retired and active-duty admirals publicly disagreed with President Truman and with his replacement for Forrestal Louis A. Johnson because they wanted less expensive strategic atomic bombs delivered by the Air Force. Light antisubmarine ships were few in number, as if no one had noticed the U-boat factor that had been the focus of foreign policy for two years. Sometimes, the capitalists were the government. [63] The screw frigate USSMerrimack was so hastily scuttled that her hull and steam engine were basically intact, which gave the South's Stephen Mallory the idea of raising her and then armoring the upper sides with iron plate. Experienced in big guns, aviation and submarines, King had a broad knowledge and a total dedication to victory. He sees his historic mission as summoning China out of the Gilded Age and into a Red Progressive Era, using the tools of Leninism: commands and campaigns. Three locations along 250 miles (400km) of Missouri River were considered: Council Bluffs had several advantages: It was well north of the Civil War fighting in Missouri; it was the shortest route to South Pass in the Rockies in Wyoming; and it would follow a fertile river that would encourage settlement. The majority of the Union Pacific track across the Nebraska and Wyoming territories was built by veterans of the Union and Confederate armies, as well as many recent immigrants. It would not be resolved until the death of the congressman who was supposed to have reined in its excesses but instead wound up profiting from it. [citation needed], At the end of World War I, the United States Navy had almost 500,000 officers and enlisted men and women and in terms of personnel was the largest in the world. The Gilded Age was a period of immense change in the United States. Though they may seem esoteric, the narratives that politicians adopt to frame bilateral relations have real effects on the ground. Sea dogs were English mariners of the Elizabethan era employed by the queen to harass the Spanish fleets and establish a foothold in the New World. Muckraking journalists and transparency initiatives exposed corruption. Kansas City's head start in connecting to a true transcontinental railroad contributed to it rather than Omaha becoming the dominant rail center west of Chicago. Captains of Industry and Robber Barons. Subsequent to the railhead's meeting at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, the San Joaquin River Bridge at Mossdale Crossing (near present-day Lathrop, California) was completed on September 8, 1869 with the first through freight train carrying freight from the East Coast leaving Sacramento and crossing the bridge to arrive that evening at the Alameda Wharf on San Francisco Bay. Army. The only disadvantage came when a nearby valley needed fill to get across it. Stanford entered into business serendipitously. Updated 26 days ago|11/15/2022 4:09:40 AM. From housing and finance to intellectual property, insider-protecting deals have made the U.S. economy less dynamic and innovative. Roosevelt campaigned vigorously for McKinley, traveling by train for more than 21,000 miles to speak in 24 states, and McKinley and Roosevelt won in a landslide over Democrats William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson. [165], Meanwhile, the Soviet fleet had been growing, and outnumbered the U.S. fleet in every type except carriers, and the Navy calculated they probably would be defeated by the Soviet Navy in a major conflict. [59] Most of the black and white workers were paid $30 per month and given food and lodging. These sea captains possessed exceptional maritime and military skills as well as a burning desire for capturing Spanish treasure. In the mines, temperatures could get above 120F (49C) at the work face and a miner often used over 100 pounds (45kg) of ice per shift. He was smart and placed heavy bets on the steel industry as railways in the US was about to rise. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Sverin Montagnet-Alarie. Among the cooks serving the film's cast and crew between shots were some of the Chinese laborers who worked on the Central Pacific section of the railroad. Much of the Navy's activity concerned the support of landings, not only with the "island-hopping" campaign in the Pacific, but also with the European landings. Upon taking office, he badgered the state legislature into investing millions in public funds into railroad construction. Most of the engineers and surveyors who figured out how and where to build the railroad on the Union Pacific were engineering college trained. Berggruen Workers then built and prepared the roadbed, dug or blasted through hills, filled in washes, built trestles, bridges or culverts across streams or valleys, made tunnels if needed, and laid the ties. Smith loved playing on his status as Hollywood's "Englishman in Residence". [62] On April 20, 1861, the Union burned its ships that were at the Norfolk Navy Yard to prevent their capture by the Confederates, but not all of the ships were completely destroyed. The region includes Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May counties, which are in the In the east, the Union Pacific selected a foreign name, calling their construction firm "Crdit Mobilier of America. - Corruption was a regular feature of American politics. December 19, 2014. Both his wife and mother died on the same day in 1884, and the grieving Roosevelt spent the next two years on a ranch he owned in the Badlands of the Dakota Territory, where he hunted big game, drove cattle and worked as a frontier sheriff. Trains were initially transported across the Missouri River by ferry before they could access the western tracks beginning in Omaha, Nebraska Territory. A few weeks later, the North Atlantic Squadron destroyed the majority of heavy Spanish naval units in the Caribbean in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. If Stanfords dominance in politics and business captures the American Gilded Age, then his equivalent in China would be a duo who represent the asymmetrical marriage of power and money. The poor quality of officer training in the U.S. Navy became visible after the Somers Affair, an alleged mutiny aboard the training ship USSSomers in 1842, and the subsequent execution of midshipman Philip Spencer. In the final days of working in the Sierras, the recently invented nitroglycerin explosive was introduced and used on the last tunnels including Summit Tunnel.[99][100]. The legislation called for building and operating a new railroad from the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa, west to Sacramento, California, and on to San Francisco Bay. The route down the eastern Sierras was done on the south side of Donner Lake with a series of switchbacks carved into the mountain. December 19, 2014. The United States Navy Among the bunkhouses, Casement added a galley car to prepare meals, and he even provided for a herd of cows to be moved with the railhead and bunk cars to provide fresh meat. User: Why was the Weegy: Steve Reich travelled to Ghana in 1970 to study: Ewe drumming. All of the abuses and problems of the time generated many different reactions- most directed at reform. With the aid of a great storm, Elizabeth's ships humiliated Philip's navy, which returned to Spain with fewer than half their original number. Both sides were overextended in the exhaustive sea, air and land battles for Guadalcanal. Log in for more information. Coordinators made sure that construction and other supplies were provided when and where needed, and additional supplies were ordered as the railroad construction consumed the supplies. After the southern states seceded from the Union, the House of Representatives approved the bill on May 6, 1862, and the Senate on June 20. Divide the class into four student groups (or eight, if you'd like each industrialist/financier to be researched by two groups). [citation needed], Gen. William Tecumseh Shermans first postwar command (Military Division of the Mississippi) covered the territory west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains, and his top priority was to protect the construction of the railroads. [108][109][110] A few concrete sheds (mostly at crossovers) are still in use today. Both were convinced that it could be done. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California (CPRR) constructed 690 miles (1,110km) east from Sacramento to Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. Some jobs like explosive work, tunneling, bridging, heavy cuts or fills were known to take longer than others, so the specialized teams were sent out ahead by wagon trains with the supplies and men to get these jobs done by the time the regular track-laying crews arrived. The standard of living fell even as large-scale printing of paper money caused inflation and distrust of the currency. Efforts to survey a new, shorter, "better" route had been underway since 1864. The 1950s saw the development of nuclear power for ships, under the leadership of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the development of missiles and jet aircraft for Navy use and the construction of supercarriers. These investors became known as The Big Four, and their railroad was called the Central Pacific Railroad. 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