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Transportation: Steamboats to Railroads

By Andrea Williams 34

  • Water Transport

    Water Transport
    Steamboats were the first major advances in water transportation. Robert Fulton tested the steamboat on the Hudson River. Within fifteen years, steamboats decreased the cost of upriver mobility by oer 90 percent.

  • Steamboat

    Steamboat
    Water transportation improved. The steamboat carried people and merchandise in comfort. More farmers were able to take part in the market economy.

  • Canals

    Canals
    Canals allowed rivers to be moved and redirected. The Erie Canal was 364 miles long. The canal reduced the price of transporting goods.

  • Railroads

    Railroads
    The John Bull, used the Camden and Amboy railroad in New Jersey. There were only 73 miles of track in the United States. Ten years later, there were 8,000 miles of track in the United States.

  • Railroads vs Canals

    Railroads vs Canals
    Railroads finished off what the canal began to do. Both were intended to tye together the US economy. They had the same mileage but railroads were faster.