The Skinny on Compression Shorts. by Berkeley Wellness | January 01, 2013. Print. Browse through a sporting-goods store or website, or simply look around a gym or health club, and youâre likely to see the thick, stretchy shorts and tights (and sometimes tops) known as compression garments.
The transcontinental railroad was also called the Pacific Railroad and the Overland Route. The total length of the First Transcontinental Railroad was 1,776 miles. The Central Pacific Railroad was controlled by four men called the Big Four.
Once the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, Americans could travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, or from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. By 1876, a train called the Transcontinental Express was making the trip from New York City to San Francisco in three and a half days. Once construction on the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, Americans could travel overland from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast, or from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast. 2  Travel time decreased dramatically.