A Day's Pay According to tunnel records, the following pay rates were established for the 600-700 laborers required for this project:
St. Clair
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YearAdded:
Image Credit: Public DomainImage Caption: Postcard of the west end St. Clair River Tunnel in Port Huron, Michigan, United States.Era_date_from: 1891
1991
Innovations
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A Day's Pay According to tunnel records, the following pay rates were established for the 600-700 laborers required for this project:
- 17.5 cents per hour for diggers
- 15 cents per hour for erectors
- 12.5 cents per hour for others
- One additional dollar…