The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was the name of the railroad network built between California and Utah (where it met/joined the Union Pacific Railroad). Chinese labor was an essential resource for constructing the railroad. Fifty Chinese laborers were hired by the Central Pacific Railroad in February 1865 and more and more were added to the crews as construction continued because they were cheap - and easily exploited - labor.
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Mostly Irish on the UP, mainly Chinese on the Central Pacific.
Central Pacific
The Central Pacific, California Central Railroad, and the San Jose Railway.
Both the Irish and the Chinese immigrants helped to build the railroads in America.
Most of the labour used to build the Canadian Pacific Railway were immigrants because they would work for less pay. On the eastern side the largest ethnic group would have been Irish. On the western side it was the Chinese.
Mostly the Americans and the Chinese helped build the first Continental Railroad in 1869.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company, California Central Railroad, and the San Jose Railway.
No, the Trans-Continental Railroad was built primarily by Chinese immigrants and African-Americans.
US railroads mostly.
Irish and Chinese immigrants provided a large portion of the workforce to build the Transcontinental Railroad.
The Chinese people helped build the Central Pacific railroad. The Central Pacific railroad was built during 1863 to 1885.