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Transportation Revolution

Transportation Revolution. Early 1800’s Transportation. Transportation Revolution. Transportation Revolution A partial change from horse powered vehicles to steam powered vehicles. Transportation Revolution A partial change from horse powered vehicles to steam powered vehicles.

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Transportation Revolution

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  1. Transportation Revolution

  2. Early 1800’s Transportation

  3. Transportation Revolution

  4. Transportation Revolution A partial change from horse powered vehicles to steam powered vehicles.

  5. Transportation Revolution A partial change from horse powered vehicles to steam powered vehicles. 1. Turnpikes – Toll roads you have to pay to use.

  6. Toll Roads

  7. Transportation Revolution A partial change from horse powered vehicles to steam powered vehicles. 1. Turnpikes – Toll roads you have to pay to use. a. National Road – Road built from Cumberland, MD to Vandalia, IL.

  8. National Road

  9. Transportation Revolution 2. Canals

  10. Panama Canal

  11. Transportation Revolution 2. Canals – Connected rivers and lakes, goods were towed along by horses or mules.

  12. Canal Boats

  13. Transportation Revolution 2. Canals – Connected rivers and lakes, goods were towed along by horses or mules. a. Erie Canal – completed in 1825, it connected the Hudson River and Lake Erie.

  14. Erie Canal Route

  15. Erie Canal Locks

  16. How a canal lock works

  17. Transportation Revolution 3. Steamboats a. John Fitch built the first steamboat in 1787.

  18. John Fitch’s early steamboats

  19. John Fitch’s early steamboats

  20. Robert Fulton

  21. Transportation Revolution 3. Steamboats a. John Fitch - built the first steamboat in 1787. b. Robert Fulton – his boat, nicknamed “Fulton’s Folly,” proved steamboats could be successful.

  22. Robert Fulton’s “Clermont”

  23. Civil War era paddle steamboat

  24. Peter Cooper

  25. Transportation Revolution 4. Railroads a. Tom Thumb – the first steam train built by Peter Cooper in 1830.

  26. Peter Cooper’s “Tom Thumb”

  27. Tom Thumb races a horse drawn trolley

  28. Civil War Era Train

  29. TGV 300 miles per hour

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