Transportation In America
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Transportation In America
During the Industrial Revolution
ThesisTransportation revolutionized the distribution of products, the mass movement of people, and the spreading of ideas/cultures by creating a more effective means of travel.
How The Steam Engine Works
Diagram of a basic steam power engine
Basic diagram of a Steam Train
The Introduction of the Steam Train
With the Industrial Revolution and the steam engine came the new technology of the steam train.
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the East and West ends of America
The steam train allowed for a faster more effective means of travel.
The steam train went approximately 30 mph.
Global ImpactBecause of the nature of the Steam Engine and that it allowed for a faster means of transporting large amounts of cargo over large distances the world become, in a sense, closer and more connected before.
Some trains still use the same tracks as they did during the Industrial Revolution. And the technology is essentially the sameThough steam powered technologies are all but obsolete. But there are still visible effects of the steam powered technologies.
Modern Day Connection
Sticky (How To Remember)
The railroads of the Industrial Revolution in America are similar to the way the human body transports nutrients to its different parts.
Map of majorrailways line in America