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Thursday, October 8. 2015

Working on the railroad


The Chinese and the construction of the Central Pacific railroad through the Donner Pass:



Posted by Gwynnie at 12:55 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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and the Chinese and their constant cries of reparations for the work they did on infrastructure is so annoying. ///
#1 fjord on 2015-10-08 13:17 (Reply)
Hit submit too soon.
thanks for posting.

Love history like this. People so often take for granted how work was done before Kubota, Caterpillar and Komatsu.
#1.1 fjord on 2015-10-08 13:20 (Reply)
Have you watched the show 'Hell on Wheels' on AMC. You have t look past the storylines, but they show a lot of the railroad construction. In recent seasons, the hero switched over to the Central Pacific Railroad side so we see the Chinese and the challenges of building through the Sierras as opposed to the prairie
#1.1.1 JK Brown on 2015-10-08 13:30 (Reply)
that's an endlessly fascinating show.
#1.1.1.1 Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz on 2015-10-08 13:45 (Reply)
Thanks, i'll check that out.
#1.1.1.2 fjord on 2015-10-08 15:55 (Reply)
There is a similar story in Canada with the building of the CPR to link central Canada with British Columbia. Pierre Berton's "The National Dream" (1970) and "The Last Spike" (1972) chronicled its building. The books were later turned into a TV series. In Canada, Chinese labourers worked eastward from Vancouver, while whites laboured westward from Ontario. They met, more or less, at Craigellachie in the Monashee Mountains where the "Last Spike" was driven in 1885.
#2 Frances on 2015-10-09 17:09 (Reply)
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#3 UBjMKTiGAlNxhLb (Link) on 2015-10-11 21:10 (Reply)

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