The improvements in railway transportation that were brought about by new technology were Air Brakes, Car Cupplers, Refrigerated cars, Sleeping cars and Dining cars.
Air brakes, sleeping car, Ice refrigerator, and car couplers.
It resulted in faster and cheaper long-distance shipping.
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It affected the steel and railroad industry. Iron was the main foundation of railroads and when the Bessemer process created massed produced amounts of steel, the railroad industry greatly increased to. The carbon in the iron in the older railroads made the foundation of those railroads brittle and not as sturdy as steel, the steel became an asset to railroad creation. The Bessemer process burns off the carbon in the iron, thus creating steel. This process made steel cheaper, and the people of the steel industry were positively affected because the people in the railroad industry wanted the steel for better rails. The railroad industry was positively affected because now it was safer and stronger. They can earn more money because there are less accidents and can ship more at one time.
An interlocking plant is any junction controlled in such a was as to make it impossible to clear the signals until after the points (switches) are safely set.
improved transportation by railroads
It made the transportation of people, goods and services much easier and faster.
* The Trans-continental railroad. * The Erie Canal. * The steamboat on the Mississippi River.
Railroad transportation is by train, and water transportation is by boat.
Railroads. More specifically the transcontinental railroad it shipped supplies from the west to the north and south east
The railroad ( The Central Pacific RR is an example) , the rich and poor wanted to travel west in search for a better life and away from urbanity.
forms of electric urban transportation
Both the Erie Canal and the Transcontinental Railroad made an impact in American history connecting our nation. Both made transportation faster and improved businesses.
steam engines, water transportation, road transportation, and railroad transportation were major developments during the industrial revolution.
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to improve our transportation system!
the advantages of the railroad were that it provided quicker transportation to people