Workers - Transcontinental Railroad
By: Hi Bye
When?
After 1865, there were a ton more railroads being built. The first completed railroad went from coast to coast across the continent. It was completed in 1869.
Workers Working
As you can see, there were these chinese people who had to help and make this railroad. It was them that was chosen, because they had very smart people making things, and with that on their side, we wanted them to help make the transcontinental railroad.
The Map
They workers had to make this railroad all by hand, and it stretched from the edge of Nebraska to the edge of California.
Cost
The cost to build this supper long railroad was about 50,000,000 dollars.
Promontory, Utah
This was where Central Pacific, and Union Pacific railroads met. They were like competitors, and they were both making this railroad, and at this spot, the two met up with their building of the railroad.
Information
Workers
There were Irish, German, and Chinese workers. About 5,000 helped make the railroad. They thought that because the chinese made the Great Wall Of China, that they could help and build the railroad. Germans and the Irish were great workers too.
Why they went west?
As the westward expansion went on, they would need some sort of transportation to go the distance. So, they decided to make this transcontinental railroad. They had to get it all planed out, and all the workers there to make it. It was probably really hard to get set up.
What the workers did
These workers worked very hard, and had to build these railroad tracks all by hand. It took about 3 years to finish making the railroad that went from coast to coast.
Building the Transcontinental Railroad