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Handout
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr Photographic History Museum: Constructing the Central Pacific Railroad

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
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Handout
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr Photographic History Museum: Tunnels of the Pacific Railroad

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an abstract from Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine from 1870 from a paper by John R. Gilliss. A comprehensive look at the tunnels built along the route of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific...