File:Railroad construction workers and locomotive at the Green River crossing, 1885 (MOHAI 7216).jpg
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editEnglish: Railroad construction workers and locomotive at the Green River crossing, 1885
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English: Railroad construction workers and locomotive at the Green River crossing, 1885 |
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English: In the 1880s, Chinese laborers were recruited by railroad companies because they worked for lower pay than whites. Chinese men were often assigned to such dangerous tasks as blasting through rock and laying tracks in tunnels or on river bluffs. Of the 20,000 men that built the Northern Pacific branch line between Pasco and Tacoma, 15,000 were Chinese. This 1885 photo shows a group of Northern Pacific Railroad construction workers in front of a locomotive at a crossing on the Green River. A Chinese worker sits in front, to the left, with a scarf around his neck. Full title: Group of construction workers posing in front of a Northern Pacific engine, #457, and caboose, at the Green River Crossing, 1885
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English: Green River Crossing (Wash.) |
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| Date | 1885 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; x 23 cm. |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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