VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, [3] ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 22:11:58 10/01/02 Tue
Author: Bezzzath
Subject: Ch7-Transportation Innovatins

Transportation Innovations pg. 190
A. Efficient system for transporting raw materials to factories and markets.
1. US didn’t have this system in the early years of republic
B. The rapid growth of American shipping
1. In proportion to its population the US has more ship and international commerce then any country. In the world.
2. Between 1789 and 1810 the percent age increased form 30 to 90 form what was carried over.
a. Imports was ever dramatically 17.5% to a whopping 90%
C. Improving transportation
1. Process was slower than international shipping
2. River transportation
a. Development in steamboat
b. Oliver Evan’s development of the high- pressure
3. Robert Fulton’s steamboat
a. Fulton and Robert Livingston were responsible for perception the steamboat and bringing more attention the nation
b. Also able ships to go up river and across to the west
D. Turnpike s Era in 1792
1. Constructed a toll road running 60 miles
a. With hard packed surface of crushed rocks.
2. Costed low to make
3. Didn’t go into the mountains
4. Later the government had finance it.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]
[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.