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The Revolution Begins: Steam
Engines,Railroads, and Steamboats
- Trevithick
- created modern railroad "demonstrated his concept of locomotive (an engine that
moves under its own power) which was essentially a steam engine mounted on wheels"
- In 1808 built a little circular railway in London, called Cath-Me-Who-Can”. Thought people
be thrilled to travel at fifteen miles per hour
- Public stayed away because they thought is was danergous
- Public stayed away because they thought is was danergous
- created modern railroad "demonstrated his concept of locomotive (an engine that
moves under its own power) which was essentially a steam engine mounted on wheels"
- Locomotive
- Importance
- “In 1755 James Watt set off from Glasgow, Scotland, to London, England, to become a maker of
scientific instruments. He traveled by horse, and the trip took twelve days. About a century later, a
passenger riding a railroad powered by steam engine could make the trip in about twelve hours” (pg.51).
- “Transportation [was] a critical part of manufacturing” (pg.51).
- Made when machines were ment to replace humans or
“animal muscle power”
- The invention of steam-driven motors became a “reliable, high-speed transportation, in the form
of trains”
- steam power machines were faster in speed than the animals
- The invention of steam-driven motors became a “reliable, high-speed transportation, in the form
of trains”
- “Railroads were critical in advancing the Industrial Revolution. Without them, it would not have
been economical to transport coal to factories where steam-powered machines burned coal for
fuel. Railroads also made if faster and cheaper to transport raw materials and manufactured goods
to distant markets” (pg.50).
- “In 1755 James Watt set off from Glasgow, Scotland, to London, England, to become a maker of
scientific instruments. He traveled by horse, and the trip took twelve days. About a century later, a
passenger riding a railroad powered by steam engine could make the trip in about twelve hours” (pg.51).
- Importance
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