Council Member Susan Zhuang on Tuesday introduced a City Council resolution that would, for the first time, recognize the history of Chinese-American railroad workers in New York City. Surrounded by ...

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CITY HALL STEPS — HUNDREDS OF ASIAN NEW YORKERS JOINED CITY COUNCILMEMBER SUSAN ZHUANG on Tuesday, April 8, in presenting the Council with a resolution for Chinese American Railroad Workers Memorial ...

ALBANY — THE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS WHO HELPED BUILD the Transcontinental Railroad are being honored both at the NY municipal and state levels, thanks to a resolution that Assemblymember William Colton (D ...

An engineering marvel made possible by the backbreaking and dangerous work performed by Chinese railroad workers has been designated a national historic civil engineering landmark. The Chinese ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Hilton Obenzinger discusses why certain immigrants did not want a job building the transcontinental railroad and then further discusses why the Union ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. — A group has unveiled plans for a $50 million museum in Carson City that would honor 19th century Chinese railroad workers in the West. Co-directors Art Hannafin and Khan Tung said ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Railroads and infrastructure help shape a city and a country. Chinese immigrants had an important role in the creation of the first railroad across the United States. But some of ...