golden spike
Railroad's final fastener
A golden spike is a milestone marking the completion of a major project, especially in technology or infrastructure.
The term comes from the ceremonial gold spike driven to complete the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
In software development, a golden spike often marks when separate components first connect successfully: We hit the golden spike when the frontend finally talked to the database.
- Union PacificMajor American freight railroad
- railroadPermanent track for trains
- completionAct of finishing
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- transcontinentalSpanning an entire continent
milestone · coast to coast · geologic time · manifest destiny · symbolism · iron horse · iron · railroad expansion · Central Pacific · benchmark · historic landmarks · westward · American West · promontory · tracks · Utah · Union · locomotive
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- geologic timeeons, eon, epochs, era, epoch
- steam trainslocomotive, steam engine, steam, steam locomotive, boiler
golden spikegroundbreaking ceremony
Ritual starting a building project
groundbreaking · demolition · wrecking ball · abandonment · decommissioning
golden spikedisconnection
State of being severed
Berlin Wall · division · fragmentation · Mason-Dixon Line · segregation
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