American History Tellers
Transcontinental Railroad | The Iron Road | 5
Lindsey Graham
Also present that day were scores of workers whose labor had made the railroad a reality, including a group of Chinese laborers from the Central Pacific, who had moved the final rail into position before the completion ceremony. Initially hired during a labor shortage, thousands of Chinese men worked under harsh conditions while facing daily discrimination.
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