Theodore Judah
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Theodore Dehone Judah was an American civil engineer who was a central figure in the original promotion, establishment, and design of the first transcontinental railroad. He found investors for what b
Portrait of Judah, c. 1862
Sketch of the Sacramento Valley RR as provided by its engineer, Theodore Judah.
Theodore Judah monument (1930), northeast corner of 2nd and L Street in Old Sacramento, CA
Collis Potter Huntington
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Collis Potter Huntington was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four tycoons of western railroading who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific
Theodore Judah
…raise funds for the Central Pacific project in San Francisco, Judah succeeded in signing up five Sacramento merchants, : James Bailey, Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker. On June 28, 1861, the Central Pacific Rail Way of California (CPRR) was incorporated with Judah as the chief engineer…
Collis P. Huntington, c. 1872 by Stephen W. Shaw
CSX (the former C&O Railway) Huntington Division Headquarters, with a statue of Collis P. Huntington by Gutzon Borglum in the foreground.
Share of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company, issued 18 August 1882, signed by Huntington
Huntington in later life.