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Problems in Transportation

Problems in Transportation. New Solutions Needed!. Formal Roads. Turnpikes Maintained by private companies At various points, people needed to pay to use them Corduroy Roads Made in swampy areas Created with logs Kept wagons from sinking into mud, but… They were very bumpy!. Advantages

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Problems in Transportation

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  1. Problems in Transportation New Solutions Needed!

  2. Formal Roads • Turnpikes • Maintained by private companies • At various points, people needed to pay to use them • Corduroy Roads • Made in swampy areas • Created with logs • Kept wagons from sinking into mud, but… • They were very bumpy!

  3. Advantages Could be built anywhere Travel during every season Cheapest Travel at own pace Disadvantages Couldn’t carry as much Slowest! Roads/Highways

  4. The Steamboat • This new invention changed water travel forever • First created by John Fitch • Demonstrated capabilities to Constitutional Convention • He opened a ferry service with it, but his business failed • Robert Fulton successfully used a steamboat • Clermont served as a ferry on the Hudson River • 300 mile trip in 62 hours

  5. Advantages Cut travel time Easily travel upstream Could carry large amounts of goods Cheap$$$$$$ Disadvantages Technology not perfected yet Explosions & fires were common(boom) Had to follow the path of a river Couldn’t go everywhere The Steamboat

  6. Canals • Man-made waterways • Like rivers • A few existed early on • They were very short • Used to connect things very close together

  7. Canal Boom • Erie Canal • “Clinton’s Ditch” • Plan to link Hudson River (New York City) with Lake Erie • DeWitt Clinton (NY Governor) • Work began in 1817 • Much dug by hand • Bridges over rivers • Complete in 1825 • End Result • Success! • Travel costs were 1/20 the original cost!!! • This encouraged others to make canals

  8. Advantages Could connect any two bodies of water Linked places that otherwise couldn’t have been linked Disadvantages Expensive to build Difficult to build Froze during the winter (sometimes) Slower than river travel Canals

  9. Effects on People/Economy • Allowed for farmers to profit • Allowed for greater western expansion • New cities were formed • Costs of travel and shipping dropped • Communication improved

  10. Map Activity MSQ • Use the map on page 306 titled, “Major Canals” • Which canal helped connect Pittsburgh to the East Coast? • The Erie Canal was created to connect what two major bodies of water? • Explain why the canals on this map for the most part were connected to the Great Lakes. Answer this from both a logistic perspective and also for practicality.

  11. Wrap-Up • Your homework is on the back of your note guide! • Answer the target now! • I can identify improvements made in transportation in the 1800s and explain how they benefited an expanding America.

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