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Asa Whitney.
American businessman and transcontinental railroad promoter (1797–1872)
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About Asa Whitney
Asa Whitney (1797–1872) was a dry-goods merchant and one of the first promoters of an American transcontinental railroad. A trip to China in 1842–44 impressed upon Whitney the need for a railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Everything about Asa Whitney →- Occupation
- businessperson, inventor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1797
- Died
- 1872