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The Chinese Workers

The Central Pacific Railroad needed to hire people who were not interested in gold-seeking. Charles Crocker, in charge of constructing his end of the transcon-tinental railroad, proposed hiring Chinese. Charlie and Merlin discuss some of the Chinese work habits, as well as their spectacular feats.

English
  • Originally Aired November 5, 1985
  • Runtime 9 minutes
  • Network PBS
  • Created November 9, 2006 by
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