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PA Early Industrial Growth and Development

PA Early Industrial Growth and Development. Chapter 4 Lesson 13 – Mountains of Pennsylvania Hinder Industrial Growth Lesson 14 – Canal Fever Lesson 15 – Steam Engine Fever, Railroads and Coal Lesson 16 – Iron and Oil Lesson 17 – Civil War Comes to PA. Vocabulary.

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PA Early Industrial Growth and Development

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  1. PA Early Industrial Growth and Development Chapter 4 Lesson 13 – Mountains of Pennsylvania Hinder Industrial Growth Lesson 14 – Canal Fever Lesson 15 – Steam Engine Fever, Railroads and Coal Lesson 16 – Iron and Oil Lesson 17 – Civil War Comes to PA

  2. Vocabulary • Steamboats – boat driven by steam power • Locomotives – self-propelled engine used to draw trains along railway tracks • Steam Engine – engine having piston driven by steam • Hearth Stove – invention used to burn coal • Anthracite – hard coal • Railroad – permanent road with rails fixed to ties providing a track for special cars to ride on

  3. Steam Engines for Transportation • John Fitch's First Steam Boat (in America)

  4. Steam Engine at Cornwall Iron Furnace • John Fitch, of Philadelphia, first experimented with steamboat designs in the 1780s-1790s • 1807 – Roger Fulton, native of Lancaster, first successful steamboat with a paddlewheel

  5. Steam Locomotives Become King of Travel and Trade • Faster and cheaper means of moving freight and passengers • 1809 – railroads operated without a steam engine • 1829 – steam engine was imported from England to Honesdale, PA • Problem was that engine was too heavy for the wooden rails • Steel rails later introduced

  6. 1830s – steam locomotives were introduced • Matthias Baldwin built first train in Philadelphia (16 mph) • Problems – wood fuel sent showers of sparks • Hearth stove introduced to burn coal • Anthracite (hard coal) was source for heat for homes and steam for locomotives • Resulted in the formation of many coal-mining companies

  7. Railroads built in every county • By 1860, 2,600 miles of track • 1852 – Construction began in location of Sayre • Steam engine timeline • http://explorepahistory.com/show_results.php?show=38

  8. 1850s, canals and Conestogas could no longer compete with railroads • Travel time from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh • Wagon – 6-8 weeks • Canal – 4 days • Railroad – 28 hours

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