Forgotten Labor
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Forgotten Labor uncovers the real stories behind America's greatest construction projects — told through the eyes of the workers who made them possible. From the enslaved men who built the U.S. Capitol, to the Chinese laborers who blasted through the Sierra Nevada, to the convicts who never saw a paycheck — these are the people history left out. Every video is fully researched and fact-checked. No myths. No filler. Just the story they never told you. New video every week. Subscribe to Forgotten Labor.
How America Built the World’s Highest Railroad Bridge in 1882
Forgotten Labor · 51K views · 2 months ago
How Workers Built America’s First All-Steel Railroad Bridge Across the Missouri River
Forgotten Labor · 3.3K views · 2 months ago
How Workers Built the Tunkhannock Viaduct the Largest Concrete Railroad Bridge in the World
Forgotten Labor · 21K views · 1 month ago
How Workers Built 200-Foot Smokestacks by Hand Before Cranes Existed
Forgotten Labor · 110K views · 3 months ago
How America Strung 370,000 Miles of Telegraph Wire Across the Wilderness
Forgotten Labor · 2.4K views · 3 months ago
How Men Dug Boston’s First Subway Beneath Old Buildings in 1897 Without a Complete Map
Forgotten Labor · 4.8K views · 4 months ago
How Workers Built the Northern Pacific Over the Cascades Before the Stampede Tunnel Was Finished
Forgotten Labor · 33K views · 2 months ago
How Workers Built 74 Locks Across the 184-Mile Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Forgotten Labor · 2.2K views · 2 months ago
How Workers Built the Portage Viaduct the Tallest Wooden Railroad Bridge in the World
Forgotten Labor · 5.9K views · 3 weeks ago
How Workers Built the 233-Mile Los Angeles Aqueduct Across the Mojave Desert
Forgotten Labor · 8.5K views · 2 months ago
How Workers Built a Cliff-Hanging Railroad Through Colorado’s Royal Gorge
Forgotten Labor · 92K views · 2 months ago
How Workers Carved the Beartooth Highway Across the Roof of the Northern Rockies
Forgotten Labor · 2.1K views · 1 month ago
How 800 Workers Built America’s Giant Stone Railroad Viaduct in One Year
Forgotten Labor · 66K views · 2 months ago
How Workers Built Wooden Ships Larger Than Football Fields Without Power Tools
Forgotten Labor · 242K views · 3 months ago
How 19th Century Quarrymen Cut 6 Million Tons of Maine Granite Without a Single Machine
Forgotten Labor · 26K views · 3 months ago
How Iron Workers Built the Hell Gate Bridge 300 Feet Above New York
Forgotten Labor · 2.3K views · 2 months ago
How America Built the Colorado River Aqueduct Across 240 Miles of DesertForgotten Labor
Forgotten Labor · 6.6K views · 3 months ago
How Workers Built a 7.8-Mile Railroad Tunnel Through the Cascade Mountains
Forgotten Labor · 5.7K views · 2 months ago
How 50,000 Men Dug the Erie Canal by Hand Before Steam Shovels Existed
Forgotten Labor · 125K views · 3 months ago
How Men Built Hoover Dam in the Desert Heat While the Canyon Tried to Kill Them
Forgotten Labor · 1.4K views · 3 months ago