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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Building of a Railroad

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Mining towns used the trains to bring in

supplies and to carry away the minerals.

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These railroads were completed in Colorado.

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Does this look easy to build?

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Lots of bridges had to be built.

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Trestle - the framework that holds up the bridge

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Bridges had to be constructed over rivers and streams.

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Tunnels were dug through the mountains.

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Workers had dangerous jobslcweb2.loc.gov

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They needed lots of railroad workersdese.mo.gov www.nationalatlas.gov memory.loc.gov

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Immigrants from Europe and Asia worked on building the railroads.

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They lived far from homehttp://memory.loc.gov

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The railroads carried materials and people to the Westhttp://memory.loc.gov