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Building of a Railroad. http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8c22000/8c22100/8c22104r.jpg. Mining towns used the trains to bring in supplies and to carry away the minerals. http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/tour/pcgr1a.gif. These railroads were completed in Colorado. http://memory.loc.gov.
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Building of a Railroad http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8c22000/8c22100/8c22104r.jpg
Mining towns used the trains to bring in supplies and to carry away the minerals. http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/tour/pcgr1a.gif
These railroads were completed in Colorado. http://memory.loc.gov
Does this look easy to build? http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/tour/pcgr2a.gif
Lots of bridges had to be built. Trestle - the framework that holds up the bridge http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8b26000/8b26000/8b26089r.jpg
Bridges had to be constructed over rivers and streams. http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/wtc/4a00000/4a02000/4a02600/4a02624r.jpg
Tunnels were dug through the mountains. http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/wtc/4a00000/4a02000/4a02700/4a02705r.jpg
Workers had dangerous jobs lcweb2.loc.gov
They needed lots of railroad workers dese.mo.gov www.nationalatlas.gov memory.loc.gov
Immigrants from Europe and Asia worked on building the railroads. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/nigeria/ng01_07a.jpg
They lived far from home http://memory.loc.gov
The railroads carried materials and people to the West http://memory.loc.gov