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?
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