The Central Pacific Railroad hires agents to…

March 1865 CE

The Central Pacific Railroad hires agents to recruit thousands of Chinese workers from Guangdong Province in March 1865.

In the United States, the western labor teams will be primarily made up of Chinese emigrant workers with up to twelve thousand such laborers employed by the Central Pacific Railroad, representing ninety percent of the entire work force.

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Guangzhou (Canton) Guangdong (Kwangtung) China View →

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Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Central Pacific Railroad View →

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Industrial Revolution, First View →

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Watercraft View → Engineering View → Labor and Service View → Movements View →

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