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Chinese emigrant workers were used to build Central Pacific Railroad. It is estimated that 12000 such workers were employed which was 90 percent of the total work force.

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What workers did the union pacific and central pacific railroad companies pick?

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What was the ethnicity of the workers who built the central pacific railroad?

Chinese


Where did the central pacific railroad hire workers from because of the shortage workers in California?

i think its ireland..


How many Chinese workers helped build the central pacific railroad?

Around 10,000 Chinese workers helped build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the Transcontinental Railroad project in the United States during the 1860s. They played a significant role in the construction of the railroad, especially through the difficult and dangerous work in the Sierra Nevada mountains.


What did the Central Pacific Railroad pay the Chinese workers?

one dollar a month


Which railroad did Chinese workers work for during the transcontinental railroad?

The Chinese worked mostly under the Central Pacific railroad company.


Who built the transcontinental railroad-?

The Union Pacific Railroad and The Central Pacific Railroad Companies were formed to build the railroad. Many of the CPR workers working east from California were Chinese-Americans and many of the UPR workers building west from Nebraska were Irish immigrants.


What made working conditions on the central Pacific railroad dangerous?

Central Pacific workers had to blast through mountain ranges to lay track. Novanet


The central pacific relied on what workers?

The Central Pacific relied on workers from the country of China, and the Union Pacific Company relied on workers from many nationalities, like African Americans, Native Americans, Irish, and so on. Hope this helps!


What nationality made up the labor force on the union pacific railroad track?

the chinamen


What made working condition on the central pacific railroad especially dangerous?

Central Pacific workers had to blast through mountain ranges to lay track. Novanet


What record did the Central Pacific Railroad workers set in laying track in one day?

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