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Robert Fulton invented the steamboat which carried goods and passengers cheaply.
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The Rocket was the first steam operated locomotive built in Great Britian.
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Peter Cooper designed and built the first american steam locomotive. The thomb Thumb wasn't a very good locomotive.
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Canal builders widened the canals to allow steamboats to pass.
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Clipperships with sleek hulls and tall sails could sail 300 miles in one day.
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