Clement, Lewis Metzler.

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Lewis Metzler Clement was born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, in 1837.

He was a central figure in the planning and construction of the Central Pacific Railroad across California's Sierra Nevada mountains and the deserts of the Nevada and Utah Territories (1863-1869). Clement died in 1914.

From the description of Railroads in California / by L.M. Clement. (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 56828907

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Foreign workers, Chinese
Railroad construction workers
Railroad engineers
Railroads
Transportation
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