On this day in 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. Describe how you think the men working on this railroad may have felt when they saw their goal achieved?Yeah, I bet those predominantly Chinese and Irish laborers were really awestruck thinking about the big picture. They probably weren't thinking, "How the fuck did this end up being my life?" or "All this backbreaking and soulcrushing labor was worth it because now Brigham Young can increase emigration to the West," or "[something in Chinese]." They were probably just so proud they had been a part of something so monumental. Oh hey laborers guess what: just a century later we put a guy on the moon, but, no, your thing was really important, too, though.
Like all epic endeavors in the history of human accomplishment, it was the laborers who really came out on top on this one.
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