Transportation Flashcards Industrial Revolution Transportation Short Term Effects
Industrial revolution transportation effects on societyThe period among the finish of the War of 1812 and the Civil War was a time of swift improvement in transportation, rapid development of factories, and significant development of new technologies to improve agricultural production. Also in 1764, Richard Arkwright designed the “water frame” to generate yarn more quickly ( Haberman 48). The “Spinning-Frame,” its earlier name, was too huge to be operated by hand. Soon after experimenting with other sources of power, he decided to employ the energy of a water wheel, and his machine became recognized as the water frame ( Industrial Revolution: The Industrial Revolution in Wonderful Britain ). Rollers produced yarn of the right thickness, even though a set of spindles twisted fibers with each other. The machine was capable to make a thread far stronger than any other offered at the time ( Simkin ).
Each the turnpike and the canal contributed to the emerging national economy, but the most important development was the railroad. Railroads have been quicker and cheaper than canals to construct, and they did not freeze over in the winter. Because a lot of states had overextended by borrowing heavily to finance their canals, considerably of the early railroad development was developed by private investors.
Americans benefited from the new turnpikes nonetheless, it was not however economical to ship bulky goods by land across the excellent distances in America. Businessmen and inventors began concentrating on improving water transportation. In 1807, Robert Fulton sent the initial …
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