Workers of the Central Pacific Railroad: Chinese peasants from the ... as the difficulty of construction increased, so often did the size of the gangs. Initially, Chinese employees received ...

upon the same terms and conditions in all respects as are provided [for construction of the Union Pacific Railroad].... The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California are hereby authorized to ...

Actually, 10,000 to 20,000 immigrant Chinese laborers had helped forge the Central Pacific’s path over the ... addresses the ways in which the railroad transformed the American West while ...

It is estimated that between 1,000 to 1,200 Chinese workers died due to dangerous working conditions, among them 300 Chinese railroad workers who fell to their deaths during the construction of the ...