China Wall of the Sierra — Donner Pass, CA
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N 39° 19.016 W 120° 19.165
10S E 731094 N 4355374
E Clampus Vitus plaque near Donner Pass, CA.
Waymark Code: WMVZK5
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2017
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This E Clampus Vitus plaque is about a half mile east of Donner Pass, CA.
Text of Plaque:
CHINA WALL OF THE SIERRA
CHARLES CROCKER, CONSTRUCTION CHIEF OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD (CPRR), CONTRACTED FOR A WORKFORCE OF APPROXIMATELY 12,000 CHINESE LABORERS TO PUSH CPRR TRACKS OVER ITS TRANS-SIERRA CROSSING ON ITS RACE EAST TO A MEET WITH THE UNION PACIFIC AT PROMONTORY, UTAH TERRITORY. A RAILROAD RETAINING WALL AND FILL, CONSTRUCTED OF SIERRA GRANITE, STANDS SILENTLY ABOVE ON THE PASS AS A LASTING MONUMENT TO THESE ASIAN “MASTER BUILDERS” WHO LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST.
DEDICATED AUGUST 11, 1984
TRUCKEE-DONNER HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
CHIEF TRUCKEE CHAPTER NO.. 3691
E CLAMPUS VITUS
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