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Its simple actually. Ties made of wood are laid down first. Then tie plates, metal plates that protect the ties from the rails weight and force are laid on the tie where the rails will be laid. Next, the rails are laid over the tie plates. Then metal spikes are driven through holes in the tie plates to hold them to the ties. A small metal "lip" on the spikes also helps secure the rails to the ground. Finally, special hopper cars, called Ballast hoppers dispense gravel over the ties, and a machine called a tamper inserts vibrating tongs into the gravel ballast and shake the gravel into the spaces between the ties.
This finishes the railroad tracks. However, the joints, switches, communications, signals, and other infrastructure also has to be built. These are more complicated and more time consuming.
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How did the railroads solve the problem of not having enough workers to build the transcontinental railroad?
They imported workers from China
How did the government help the railroad workers for building their railroads?
By encouraging chinese Immigration.
What did the nativists do when the railroads were finished?
When the railroads were completed, some nativists threatened railroad owners with harm if they hired Chinese people. This resulted in some of the railroads in the west hiring more workers out of Mexico.
How did the government help the railroad find cheaper workers from building their railroads?
By encouraging chinese Immigration.
Can retired railroad workers travel the railroad for free?
Sometimes. Some railroads issue retiree passes that allow free travel only on the railroad the employee worked on.
Why did the government send the military to protect the railroad workers?
to guard against spontaneous outbreaks in numerous cities of violence against railroads and the bitter antagonism between workers and the leaders of industry, Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
How did the government help the railroad find cheaper workers for building their railroads?
By encouraging chinese immigration
What problems had to be overcome in building the Transcontinental Railroad?
for one, workers had poor working conditions and little pay for the work they did. Sometimes, they ran into mountains, and the only way to build the railroad there was make the railroads explode with dynomite. Some of the workers got blown up while working with the dynomite. hard times, huh?
Why did railroad workers go west?
There was unclaimed land for them to use for building the railroads and the people would pay them so it was a easy way to get money!
How did railroads affect the industrial revolution?
First, railroad spurred industrial growth by giving manufacturers a cheap way to transport. Second, the railroad boom created hundreds of thousands of new jobs for both railroad workers and miner. Third, the railroads boosted England's agricultural and fishing industries. Finally, by making travel easier, railroads encouraged country people to take distant city jobs
Why do some railroads put up signs telling workers not to salt the road at railroad crossings?
Rust, corrosion, and signal failures (from short circuits).
Which industry was helped the most by increased innigration from china?
Railroads- apex
