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Transcontinental Railroad
• Congress passed Railroad Act of 1862
• 1863 Central Pacific starts in Sacramento,CA
• 1863- Union Pacific starts near Omaha,NE
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Problems
• CP- getting supplies from the East• WHY?• UP-getting ties• WHY?
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Equipment
• Each mile required• 100 tons of rail • 2500 ties• 2-3 tons of spikes and fish plates• Also need wheel barrows,horse drawn
scrapers,2 wheel dump carts, shovels,axes,crowbars,blasting powder, and more
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How Track Was Laid
• Survey crews worked ahead• Graders graded 100 miles at a time• Bridge and trestle crews worked 5-
20 miles ahead• Track layers grabbed rails and ties
from horse drawn carts• Pounders drove spikes
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General Grenville Dodge Union Pacific
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The Big FourHuntington, Hopkins,
Stanford, Crocker
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Officers of the Central Pacific
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West- Central PacificEast- Union Pacific
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Chinese Workers
• Hired by the Central Pacific
• 9/10 were Chinese• Avg. Height-4’10”• Avg. Weight-
120lbs.• Dug tunnels
through Mts.
• Use pick,shovel, black powder
• Avg.8”/day• 24hrs./7days• winters 40’ snow• dug tunnels
through snow to get to tunnels in Mts.
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Chinese workers
• All this hard work for:• $20/week and supply own food• later strike to get $35/week and not
to be whipped• suffered prejudice because were
different• clean,saved $,not drink away,• and different customs
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Chinese Workers for the Central Pacific
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Chinese Laborer Camp
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China Wall Road Marker
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China Wall near Truckee,CA
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China Wall and Snow Shed near Truckee,CA
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Workers laying rails
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Laying Rails in the Desert
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The Last Rail is Laid
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Completion-May 10,1869Promontory Point, Utah
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Railroad Mural Lincoln, NE
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Railroad Mural Lincoln, NE
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Union Pacific Engine near Scott’s Bluff NE
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Union Pacific Heading East near Scott’s Bluff, NE