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FlashCards por Lewis White, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Lewis White
aproximadamente 11 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| Why were Canals Built across Britain? | Canals were the most efficient way of transporting goods |
| How Were the Canals Built? | Canals were huge engineering projects which required enormous skill and labour |
| How did the Canal Network develop from the 1760s onwards? | A network of Canals developed across Britain from 1761 onwards |
| Why did the Canals begin to decline after the 1840s? | The canals declined after the 1840s for a variety of reasons, however, the most important one was due to competition from the railways |
| How were the Railways built? | Like the canals, Railways were built by large numbers of navvies, many of them Irish immigrants |
| How did the Railway network Develop? | As the benefits of the railway became apparent to businessmen and the public, miles of railway were built across the length and breadth of Britain |
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