Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad. There are few things in American history that had the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad. Before it was completed, it cost $1,000 to travel between California and New York, and it could take as long as six months to sail around Cape Horn in South America.mpact of the Transcontinental Railroad. There are few things in American history that had the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad. Before it was completed, it cost $1,000 to travel between California and New York, and it could take as long as six months to sail around Cape Horn in South America.
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DuPont put its Pioneering Lab to work finding a viable commercial version of Kwolek's new crystalline polymers, the potential applications for which were obvious. The result was Kevlar (first marketed in 1971), a fiber five times stronger ounce for ounce than steel, but about half the density of fiberglass. Kevlar is best known to the public as the material from the which bulletproof vests are made; and in this use alone Kwolek's discovery has saved thousands of lives.