Transportation In The Late 1800s
Hellen Wang
Transportation Developments Essay
The United States had developed a lot through 1790-1830. By the mid-nineteenth century, the American transportation system had grown dynamically. Turnpikes were broad paved highways whose access required fees or tolls, which connected eastern cities together, canal systems like the Erie Canal helped make traveling through waterways the most efficient form of transporting goods and people, steamboats were made capable of holding lot's of cargo and supplies at once instead going on multiple trips.
In 1794, a private Pennsylvanian company completed the Philadelphia-Lancaster Turnpike. Turnpikes had drivers approach the tollgate, which had a wall of sharp spikes. Only when drivers have paid their toll, the gate rises and then they can move on. With the completion of the Philadelphia-Lancaster Turnpike nearly 4,000 miles of turnpikes had …show more content…
The most efficient type of transportation was using water. Thus they started to build canals. Canals carried people and goods from one place to another at a faster rate and at a lowered cost. Mostly farmers from the west would ship their crops through the canals. Throughout 1817-1825 the Erie Canal was born, it linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic seaboard. The Erie Canal made New York City the biggest commerce capital. It transported all foods, produce, alcohol, and even people to New York City.
On 1791 the first U.S. patent for a steamboat was granted to John Fitch, but his ideas weren't complete. Later on Robert Fulton would go on and build the Clermont the first successful steamboat. Steamboats were used to carry supplies and passengers across water. The important thing about a steamboat was that its capacity to hold lots of cargo and supplies. Steamboats saved time, and traveled faster and farther. They could travel at the speed of five miles per hour. Steamboats revolutionized river travel, and dominated the
Transportation Developments Essay
The United States had developed a lot through 1790-1830. By the mid-nineteenth century, the American transportation system had grown dynamically. Turnpikes were broad paved highways whose access required fees or tolls, which connected eastern cities together, canal systems like the Erie Canal helped make traveling through waterways the most efficient form of transporting goods and people, steamboats were made capable of holding lot's of cargo and supplies at once instead going on multiple trips.
In 1794, a private Pennsylvanian company completed the Philadelphia-Lancaster Turnpike. Turnpikes had drivers approach the tollgate, which had a wall of sharp spikes. Only when drivers have paid their toll, the gate rises and then they can move on. With the completion of the Philadelphia-Lancaster Turnpike nearly 4,000 miles of turnpikes had …show more content…
The most efficient type of transportation was using water. Thus they started to build canals. Canals carried people and goods from one place to another at a faster rate and at a lowered cost. Mostly farmers from the west would ship their crops through the canals. Throughout 1817-1825 the Erie Canal was born, it linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic seaboard. The Erie Canal made New York City the biggest commerce capital. It transported all foods, produce, alcohol, and even people to New York City.
On 1791 the first U.S. patent for a steamboat was granted to John Fitch, but his ideas weren't complete. Later on Robert Fulton would go on and build the Clermont the first successful steamboat. Steamboats were used to carry supplies and passengers across water. The important thing about a steamboat was that its capacity to hold lots of cargo and supplies. Steamboats saved time, and traveled faster and farther. They could travel at the speed of five miles per hour. Steamboats revolutionized river travel, and dominated the