These Guys Knew What Hard Labor Meant

Summary by Krater

A craftsman reviews historical footage from 1881 to 1885 showing railway construction workers building the Canadian Transcontinental Railway, discussing the harsh physical labor, tools, and challenges involved.

From the video

Answers: What was the labor and construction process like for the Canadian Transcontinental Railway?

• railway construction history
• Canadian Transcontinental Railway
• historical labor methods
• railroad tie laying

What it concludes

• Chinese laborers brought the railway through the Rocky Mountains under brutal conditions and received less pay.
• Major Albert Bowman Rogers identified Rogers Pass through the Selkirk Mountains in 1881.
• The federal government supported the project with approximately 25 million dollars and 25 million acres of land.
• The final ceremonial spike was driven by Donald Smith in British Columbia on November 7th, 1885.