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Title
Chinese Railroad Workers
Contributor
Hutchinson, William H
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1877
Publication Information
Meriam Library. California State University, Chico
Contributing Institution
California State University, Chico
Collection
Northeastern California Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Chinese likely working on the Transcontinental Railroad across the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
The High Secret Town Tressle in 1877. Secret Town Tressle was just east of Gold Run (Gold Run is off Highway 80 in northern Placer County).
DCB
Type
image
Format
190x240mm
Silver gelatin DOP – copy print
Identifier
sc3628
http://archives.csuchico.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll11/id/16140
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Chinese
Railroad construction workers
Trestles
Place
Placer County (Calif.)
Source
sc3628.tif
Relation
Hard Drive
photographs
Northeastern California Historical Photograph Collection

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