building of a railroad

Building of a Railroad

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Mining towns used the trains to bring in

supplies and to carry away the minerals.

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These railroads were completed in Colorado.

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Does this look easy to build?

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Lots of bridges had to be built.

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Trestle - the framework that holds up the bridge

Bridges had to be constructed over rivers and streams.

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Tunnels were dug through the mountains.

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Workers had dangerous jobslcweb2.loc.gov

They needed lots of railroad workersdese.mo.gov www.nationalatlas.gov memory.loc.gov

Immigrants from Europe and Asia worked on building the railroads.

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They lived far from homehttp://memory.loc.gov

The railroads carried materials and people to the Westhttp://memory.loc.gov