From: "Wendell Huffman" wwhuffma@clan.lib.nv.us
CP Huntington letter to "Friend Crocker" (which is undoubtedly Edwin B. Crocker) of 10 May 1869:
"I notice by the papers that there were ten miles of track laid in one day on the Central Pacific, which was really a great feat, and more particularly so when we consider that it was done after the necessity for its being done had passed."
From: "Chris Graves" caliron@cwnet.com
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—Chris
" ... At 7 a.m. April 28, 1869, a crew of Chinese started laying track. During that day 25,800 ties were placed, and 3,520 rails were spiked. The eight [Irish] men who were transporting the rails carried a total of 1,000 tons of steel in that one day. A grand total of 10 miles and 56 feet was laid."
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