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Admin28.08.2021

Lives on the Railroad

Yet, despite the huge amount of work and the rough conditions of Utah's high desert, the Central Pacific laborers laid 10 miles and 56 feet on track near Promontory, Utah on April 28, 1869.
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Admin07.08.2021

History of rail transportation in the United States

The anti-Chinese sentiment in Oregon and the Northwest emerged early on, especially during economic downturns such as the Panic of 1873 and the short-lived depression of the mid 1880s.
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Admin25.06.2021

The Chinese railroad workers who helped connect the country: Recovering an erased history

What transpired in the 1840s led to an even greater explosion of new construction the following decade.
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Admin14.06.2021

Workers of the Central and Union Pacific Railroad

The Railroad in American Life 1992 , chapter 5• By 1890, that number had increased to 9,540, the second largest Chinese population in the United States.
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Admin16.08.2021

Forgotten Workers

1979 [First published by Dover Books, 1968].
Admin31.07.2021

Forgotten Workers

The industry's growth led to a significant and important auxiliary network of car builders, locomotive manufacturers, and related businesses.
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Admin08.08.2021

Railroads In The 1800s (1840s): History And Photos

Baltimore and Ohio in the Civil War.
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Admin20.08.2021

Lives on the Railroad

Retired in 1952, the 1401 came to the Smithsonian in 1961.
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Admin02.09.2021

The Chinese railroad workers who helped connect the country: Recovering an erased history

Sacramento, CA: California High-Speed Rail Authority.
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Admin23.08.2021

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What were the similarities and differences between farmers and industrial workers efforts to organize in the late nineteenth century? Less transportation time meant businesses could push for a greater output of goods, which maximized profit.
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Admin07.08.2021

History of rail transportation in the United States

Passengers were few, however, and apart from hauling the cotton crop when it was harvested, there was little freight traffic.
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Admin13.07.2021

What It Was Like To Be A Worker On The Transcontinental Railroad

While the discriminatory law greatly curbed the number of Chinese immigrants entering the United States, some continued to migrate to Oregon.
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