Who Built the Railroads?: The Trans-Siberian and Transcontinental Railroads
This series that I have entitled “Who Built the Railroads?” focuses on the workers, many of whom were immigrant laborers, who built the transcontinental railroad in the United States and the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia. The first post is an introduction to the topic. This is the second historical series on the blog; the first was a 7-part series: “Alabama’s Anti-Miscegenation Statutes“ Who Built the Railroads? Anonymous, despite the indelible imprint they left in the annals of history; such are the thousands who built the railroads that span six of the seven continents. Like millions of other laborers throughout the...
