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They were young men with dreams who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad. They blasted through mountains of granite and endured brutal conditions to lay tracks that connected the Pacific to the Atlantic. One of the most famous photographs of the 19th century commemorated the completion of the railroad. But the Chinese workers who had risked life and limb, were left out of the picture. #AsianAmPBS #APAHM