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Morgan Morgan helped plan andd build the first public road in western Virginia.
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Robert Harper began operating a ferry across the Potomac River.
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James Rumsey launched his steamed-powered boat on the Potomac River.
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The James River and Kanawha Turnpike reached the Kanawha Valley.
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The first ocean-going ship was built at Elizabeth, Pennsyklvania.
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Englishman George Stephenson built a steam locomotive.
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Robert Fulton demonstrated his steamboat, the Clermont, on a trip from New York to Albany.
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The New Orleans, the first steamboat to travel on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, was launched.
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The Enterprise was the first steamboat to make the trip upstream from New Orleans to Louisville.
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The National Road was completed from Cumberland, Maryland
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The first successful steam locomotive ran on tracks in New Jersey.
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Construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began in western Virginia.
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The steam engine Tom Thumb raced a stagecoach.
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The first horizontal boiler locomotive was builtin America.
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The Northwestern Turnpike was completed to Parkersburg.
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A suspension bridge connecting Ohio and West Virginia was built at Wheeling.
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The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad reached Wheeling.
