The Skinny on Compression Shorts. by Berkeley Wellness | January 01, 2013. Print. Browse through a sporting-goods store or website, or simply look around a gym or health club, and youâre likely to see the thick, stretchy shorts and tights (and sometimes tops) known as compression garments.
The transcontinental railroad was also called the Pacific Railroad and the Overland Route. The total length of the First Transcontinental Railroad was 1,776 miles. The Central Pacific Railroad was controlled by four men called the Big Four.
Many of the workers watched as the two ends of the tunnel met 2,000m underground. The foreman lifted a statue of Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners, through a small hole in the drilling machine. Some 2,500 people have worked on the tunnel and eight people have lost their lives during its construction.