Transcontinental

-- But far the most important feature of the Transcontinental is the extraordinary easiness of its gradients.

The Problems of Transportation in Canada 1910

To the east of what is now the Grand Canyon, a large mountainous landmass called the Transcontinental Arch extended north and south across the United States from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

To the east of what is now the Grand Canyon, a large mountainous landmass called the Transcontinental Arch extended north and south across the United States from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

The mileage, therefore, from Toronto or Quebec to Winnipeg by the Transcontinental will be about equal.

The Problems of Transportation in Canada 1910

All at the office was going well, new subscriptions were coming in fast, and if Flint would keep away long enough, the success of the "Transcontinental" would be secure.

Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin

A boy put into his hand a little four-page paper -- one of the countless news-sheets which different houses and interests distributed free for advertising or other purposes; and a heading "Transcontinental" caught his eye, among the paragraphs in the Day's Events.

The Metropolis Upton Sinclair 1923

'Transcontinental', which undulates tirelessly around tender orchestral undercurrents.

Clickmusic 2009

The federal government contributed to this explosive growth with massive expenditures for the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, which ran from the Pacific Ocean to the Missouri River, but also to the building of roads, dams, and vast irrigation systems without which the West as we know it could never have been created.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

• December 2005, Michael Reynolds: Plotted to blow up natural gas refinery in Wyoming, the Transcontinental Pipeline, and a refinery in New Jersey.

Think Progress » CIA’s top spy: U.S. intelligence hasn’t ‘suffered at all’ from banning waterboading. 2010

What is needed is something similar to the Pacific Railway Act of 1862, for completing the North America Transcontinental Railroad.

Dennis Wingo - Why Space? Why Now? - NASA Watch 2009