QUESTIONS FOR THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD

 

 

 

1.  What is the "Chinese Wall" the CPRR built?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  How many tunnels did the CPRR need to build?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  What is nitroglycerine?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  How much faster could the CPRR get through granite with the nitroglycerine?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  How long did the CPRR work on the Summit Tunnel?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.  When did the CPRR get past the Sierra Nevada?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.  Why did the CPRR want to reach Ogden first?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Courtesy Jeanmarie Alo.

Central Pacfic Railroad Photographic History Museum's
Great Railroad Race - Interactive Railroad Project

© 2003 CPRR.org

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