.Somebody thinks it was just one group?
Chinese immigrants
they danced
The central pacific hired the Chinese and the union pacific hired the irish.
Mainly the Chinese and Irish built the railroads in the USA. In the UK it was mainly the Irish.
The two main ethnic groups were CHINESE & IRISH. Im not sure if there were black and white, but CHINESE & IRISH for sure.
That's hard to say. While the Pacific spur of the TCR was built primarily by Chinese labor, the much longer eastern line was built by multiple generation Americans and recently arrived Irish immigrants.
the Irish built it from the east to Utah, and the Chinese built it from the west.
The Chinese are people from China and the Irish are people from Ireland.
1. They first arrived as Forty-Niners during the California Gold Rush in 1849. 2. The Chinese built the western portion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, and the Irish built the eastern portion...they linked up on Promotory Point in Utah. 3. Chinese workmen built the levies in Northern California.
1. The Chinese came as gold miners during the California Gold Rush of 1849. 2. With the gold rush over, the Chinese built the western portion of the first transcontinental railroad (the Irish built the eastern portion); both hooking up at Promotory Point Utah in 1869. 3. With the railroads built, the Chinese built the levy system of California's Sacramento Valley.
1. They first arrived as Forty-Niners during the California Gold Rush in 1849. 2. The Chinese built the western portion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, and the Irish built the eastern portion...they linked up on Promotory Point in Utah. 3. Chinese workmen built the levies in Northern California.
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