Railroads and Steamships: Important Developments in American Transportation (America's Industrial Society in the 19th Century)

Type

Book

Authors

Suzanne J Murdico

ISBN 10

0823942783

ISBN 13

9780823942787

Tags

Boats & Ships, History, Railroads

Description

Rivers provided an inexpensive, efficient means of transportation. Steamboats, along with railroads, were among the major defining elements of the 19th-century transportation revolution. The power of steam created a means of transportation that was no longer constrained by the limitations of man or beast. They allowed more goods and people to be moved faster and more efficiently. Railroads opened the West for settlement, provided new economic opportunities, stimulated the development of towns and communities, and tied the young country together. - from Amzon

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