Central Pacific Railroad: Quick Facts

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Date	1861 - 1959
Areas Of Involvement	transcontinental rail line
Related People	Charles Crocker • Collis P. Huntington • Mark Hopkins • Leland Stanford

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Historic photo of Central Pacific Railroad workers laying track in a desert landscape in Nevada in 1868, with telegraph poles and mountains in the background.

Historic black-and-white photo of a group of Chinese American railroad workers, some wearing hats, who contributed to building the Transcontinental Railroad.

A smiling man and a child, both with faces covered in colorful powder, celebrate outdoors with yellow marigold garlands hanging in the background.

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