BY REBECCA RUBNITZ AND CORINNE WILLIAMS Transportation Revolution of the Early 1800s
Roads First advance in overland transportation Toll roads (“turnpikes”) The National Road Cumberland, Maryland, to the Old Northwest - built by U.S. federal government
Steamboats Robert Fulton - first voyage Revolutionized river travel and trade Dangerous Two way economics
Steamboat
Canals Erie Canal - between the Great Lakes and New York City South Carolina Canal and Railroad - first long-distance line to begin operation
Erie Canal Lockport--Engr
Railroads Richard Trevithick Transformed landscape Introduced new cultures One of the nation’s largest business
Railroad /Locomotive-Locomotion Painting
Telegraphs Samuel Morse Wires ran along railroad tracks Sent messages quickly from one place to another Expensive
Telegraph to-send-the-first-submarine
Modern World Overall more advanced Roads highways Steamboats ships Canals Railroads faster, hold more Telegraphs phones
Work Cited Primary Sources 1. Robert Fulton. Photography. Encyclopedia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 24 Oct "Picaroon Steam-boats." Public Advertiser [New York] 16 May 1811: Print. Secondary Sources 1. Steamboat in Scotland, Photography. Encyclopedia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 Oct Printing telegraph used to send the first submarine telegraph message, Photograph. Encyclopedia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 22 Oct
Erie Canal / Lock at Lockport / Engr. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 27 Oct Locomotive 'Locomotion' 1825 / Painting. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 27 Oct Dorr, Christina, and Jordan Main. "1800's Transportation & Technology." Northwest History Express. North West History Express, Web. 24 Oct