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Trip from New York City to Detroit, Michigan.
In 1800, a trip from the City of New York to Detroit, Michigan, was twenty-eight days long by boat. With the advances in transportation and the incoporation of the railroads this time decreased. -
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The early transport in early nineteenth century
At the start of the 19th century, overland transportation consisted of carts, wagons, sleighs, and stagecoaches pulled by horses or oxen over dirt roads. The most eficient way to move people and goods was through the water.
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Construction of the national road
The National RoadPrimary source
Construction began in Cumberland, Maryland in 1811. The route closely paralleled the military road opened by George Washington and General Braddock in 1754-55. By 1818 the road had been completed to the Ohio River at Wheeling, which was then in Virginia. -
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Growth of the construction of canals
Growth
In this period of time a lot of canals were contructed like the Erin Canal. This contruction of canal provided efficient water transportation that linked farms to the expanding cities. So the construction of canals increased commerce, and the growth of the country. -
1816 nation's canals
Canals
In 1816 the nation's canal network was only 100 miles long. In two decades the growth was amongous. -
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The Erie Canal
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This is the best known canal of the era. Started in 1817 i finished in 1825, it ran 363 miles across New York State from Lake Erie to the Hudson River. -
Steamboats
The steamboat was the first major advance in transportation. In this date it took 20 days to do the 1,440 miles from New Orleans to Louisville, Kentucky, along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
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New York population growth
Primary source IIPrimary source The Erie Canal made the NYC population grow by transforming the city to the nation's greatest commercial center. Thanks to the amount of commerce and trade in the city a lot of people settled in the place by making an amazing growth of the city in just forty years. -
New York population in 1820
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The beginning of the railroads
History
The most dramatic advance in transportation in the 1800's was the arrival of a new mode of transportation. This technology largely developed in Great Britain started to appear in the United States by 1820's.
Railroads costed less than the canals and could more easily scale hills. Trains moved faster than boats and ships and carried more weight. -
Turnpikes
Turnpikes were roads which users had to pay a toll. The main puropse of this roads was to improve the overland transportation. To construct and maintain this roads some local and states government chartered companies to operate them. A little bit of turnpikes history -
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13 miles of track
History
In 1830 railroads were not vey popular and big yet so there were only 13 miles of track. In a few years, the amout of track has a big change. -
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Expansion of the National Road
The road was pushed through central Ohio and Indiana reaching Vandalia, Illinois where construction ceased due to a lack of funds. The National Road opened the Ohio River Valley and the Midwest for settlement and commerce. -
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Grow of the number of steamboats
Between this years the number or seteamboat that were transporting people and goods arround the rivers, grew from 230 in 1834 to nearly 700 in 1843. -
Steamboats II
History of steamboatsThe steamboats evolutioned and for traveling the 1,400 miles from New Orleans to Louisville, Kentucky, along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers it only took 6 days now. -
Canals in 1840
Canals 1840In 1840, after a huge growth of the contruction of canals, there were 3,300 miles of canal network. -
Steam-powered ships revolutionized transantlatic traveling
Steam-powered ships
By 1850, a steamship could cross the Atlantic in 10 to 14 days, compared to the 25 to 50 days for a sailing ship. -
Trip from New York City to Detroit, Michigan. II
In 1857 the trip from New York City to Detroit was only two days long. The big change of the average of time is due the increase and use of railroads. The trains really revolutioned the transportation in the 19th century. -
New York population in 1860
After twenty years the number of inhabitants in New York grew extraordinaryly. There was a difference of 676,000 between 1820 and 1860, that means that it increased from 124,000 to 800,000. -
31,000 miles of track
Rail cartsBy 1860, the number of miles of track increased hugely. From 13 miles in 1830 to 31,000 miles by 1860. This huge increase is because trains were effective(faster and cut mountains easier), and cheaper.
