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The first steam locomotive prototype was built in 1784 by William Murdoch, who was born in Scotland and worked as an engineer and inventor in Birmingham, England. The prototype was the basis for a later design that could carry 4.5 tons of cargo in addition to the driver.
The first locomotive to be able to pull cargo cars on a track was developed in 1804 by Richard Trevithick, a British inventor and mining engineer. It could pull five cargo and passenger cars at a speed of 4 km/h.
In 1820, George Stephenson, English civil and mechanical engineer, overcame the problem of the weight of the engine crushing wooden and iron rails by distributing the weight with a series of wheels and built the first successful railway. It was a line of 8 miles, from Hetton to Sunderland and the first rail that did not use animal power.
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Why did Chinese workers first come to American?
To build railroads. Apex
Why did the chinese first come to america?
railroads
How did railroads come to own millions of acres of lands?
they took loan from them
Why did the railroads of 1877 come to an end?
The Army was sent to stop the strike.
How did railroads come to own millions of acres of land?
they took loan from them
Do Monopoly properties come in twos?
Two's, Three's, and there are four railroads.
Where did the first major improvement in the American transportation system come from?
A. Canals and Railroads
How are cograilroads different from other railroads?
cog railroads are yellow trains railroads are black
What do railroads mainly carry?
Railroads mainly carry trains. Railroads mainly carry trains.
Which industry was helped the most by increased innigration from china?
Railroads- apex
What was steel first used for?
Railroads. -------------- Weapons, not railroads.
What development represented the Transportation Revolution of the early 1800s?
The arrival of railroads.
