The Transportation Revolution

Project By: Luke Cirlingione

Definition The Transportation Revolution was

advances during the mid-1800’s in the speed and ease of transportation, and an increase in transportation.

It produced the rapid growth of cities and towns.

In 1820 people lived in cities with a population greater than 2,500.

Steamboats Steamboats were a very affective way

of transportation. There were many navigable bodies of

water in the east, making steamboats a must in transportation

By the early 1800’s many steam-powered crafts were transporting people and goods.

Steamboat Pictures

More About Steamboats The Ohio and Mississippi Rivers held over

seventy steamboats by 1820 and five-hundred by 1840.

In 1812 a steamboat traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans.

A lot of Westerners usually decorated there steam boats with decorations, and were always adding improvements.

Roads Rutted and muddy, roads through

mountain passes were an easy solution for transportation.

Road builders depended on gravel, sand, and stone to build the roads for transportation.

National Road In 1812, the government ordered there

be a paved road “National Road” which reached from the Potomac River to the Ohio River.

Was used for long distance transportation of people and goods.

Canals Canals are man-made rivers used to

transport goods and other things. Settlers wanted good routes that would

connect their settlements to rivers. The answer was canals.

Many boats were used in canals to transport goods, and many other things.

Railroads Railroads were the fastest of

transportation. Railroads were not safe, and

accidents did happen like the boiler blowing up, and killing the driver of the train.

Railroads were the most effective way of transporting goods, and other things.

Railroad Pictures

More Information On Railroads In 1800, Oliver Evans creates the

earliest successful non-condensing high pressure stationary steam engine. Which was a great advance in railroads.

The first locomotive was built in 1814 by George Stephenson.

This build was one of the greatest for the railroad.

Locomotives

Thank You For Watching!All in all the Transportation Revolution

made transporting goods and people easier, and was a very good time period for new inventions, and transportation devices.