Transportation Networks River Systems Steamboats Internal Improvements (roads, canals, and railroads) TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION - RIVERS, and CANALS us bind the republic together with a perfect system of roads and “Let canals. Let us conquer space” THE STEAMBOAT ERA Robert Fulton – 1810 – improved on Fitch’s boat ;with the backing of Robert Livingston – they created the first commercial uses for a steamboat CASE STUDY - THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD Construction on the Erie Canal financed by the state of New York + private investment finished in 1825.
Transportation Networks River Systems Steamboats Internal Improvements (roads, canals, and railroads) TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION - RIVERS, and CANALS “Let us bind the republic together with a perfect system of roads and canals. Let us conquer space” THE STEAMBOAT ERA Robert Fulton – 1810 – improved on Fitch’s boat ;with the backing of Robert Livingston – they created the first commercial uses for a steamboat CASE STUDY - THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD Construction on the Erie Canal financed by the state of New York + private investment finished in 1825.
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