Mural Info
Artist: Amy Nelder
Location: 827 Stockton St, Chinatown
Current state: Available
Photo by: SF Mural Arts
Taken on: 17-Apr-2011
Views: 8348
On April 28, 1869, a team of 848 Chinese railroad workers, using only hand tools, set a world record, laying more than 10 miles of track in just 12 hours. For the entire year of 1868, the Central Pacific Railway laid only 350 miles of track - about one mile a day. Chinese immigrants, the overwhelming majority of whom (over 90%) come from Gwang Chou Province, constituted about 86% of the Central Pacific workforce - more than 12000 out of nearly 14000 workers.
