How old did you have to be to work on the railroad, 1860-1900?
From: "P. Roethel" proethel21@gmail.com
How old did you have to be to work on the railroad, 1860-1900?
How old did you have to be to work on the railroad, 1860-1900?
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 7:49 PM
2 Comments:
From: "John Snyder" johnsnyder@btconnect.com
Others may have more precise information, but I suspect that call boys and runners were probably in their early teens or possibly younger. Your question is a bit imprecise as there were a lot of different jobs on the
railroad. ...
—John Snyder, Proprietor, Shady Grove Farm
From: "Kyle Wyatt" kylekwyatt@gmail.com
Also, child labor laws did not exist, so lots of kids worked - even under 10 years old – depending on the job.
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