CP-16 Seco Construction Camp

CP-16 Seco Construction Camp

  • Established: Built in 1873 to replace the section facilities formerly at Ten-Mile; there was both a Seco Townsite and a Seco siding, a mile and a half west of the townsite
  • Miles from San Francisco: 743.0
  • Used by Railroad: 1873- 1901
  • Railroad Function: Established in June 1873 as a section station, to accommodate moving facilities from Ten-Mile, which is 3.6 miles east; work crews and inhabitants were Chinese; a well, remnants of dugouts and foundations still exist
  • National Parks Signpost: Gives a brief account of the role of Chinese workers in constructing the railroad for a little more than a dollar a day in wages; there were estimated to be over 10.000 workers on the railroad, many of whom were Chinese, who were forced to work for fewer wages, had to provide and cook their own meals, unlike other workers, lived in isolation in their own sections, and never numbered in the population of the areas they lived in; the signpost also stresses the dangers and damages done by vandalizing historic sites
  • Location: Located between Nella and Elinor, three and a half miles east of Ten-Mile
  • No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding; though the population during peak years was estimated at about 25