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» Bloomer Cut
» Auburn, California, USA (more..)
» April 17, 2009 |
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» Ryan M. Martin (more..)
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| Remarks & Notes |
| Also known as Bloomers Cut, this area just West of Auburn was completed by the CPRR in early 1865. Named for the local Bloomer family landowners, this 63 foot near-vertical by 800 foot long cut was reinforce-lined with conglomerate (placed river rock and clay) at a time when the very first Chinese laborers were being signed on to the Transcontinental RR project. |
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