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Hi Mike
Just in case you don't know, Barbara Voss [log in to unmask] is doing a
book on Chinese RR workers on US RRs in your time period.
Andy Jackson
Bellflower CA
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 9:30 AM, <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hello Histarchers. I am undertaking some research regarding railroad
> workers on the Central Pacific Railroad ca. 1870s-1880s. I have plans for
> section stations where buildings designated as bunk houses show the
> predominant
> size being 16 x 24 ft, with perhaps half that number at 16 x 22 ft and
> even fewer at 18 x 20 and 18 x 22. Other smaller and larger sizes exist,
> but
> there are very few of them.
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> Can someone suggest what number of railroad workers might be housed in such
> building sizes? It has been suggested that I might consider that it
> takes 6 workers to move a length of steel rail as a starting point, but if
> someone has good data on this, I would appreciate hearing.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike Polk
> Sagebrush Consultants
> Ogden, Utah
>
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