Large amounts of cargo could be carried over land much more easily.
It made personal travel by land more convenient and less expensive.
Transporting goods by land got faster and more reliable.
The arrival of railroads.
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Railroads in the North improved land transportation.
The railroads replaced many means of transportation because of its reliability. The railroads were a faster and comfortable means of transportation. Railroads worked in all kinds of weather conditions unlike horses and carts were you had to stop for rest and water.
Railroads
Quick transportation in the early days.
Sidney Lincoln Miller has written: 'Railway transportation' -- subject(s): Railroads, Railroads and state 'Inland transportation' -- subject(s): Communication and traffic, History, Lending library, Railroads, Railroads and state, Transportation 'Rates of return: class I line-haul railways of the United States, 1921-1948'
railroads were better transportation than canals
Prior to railroads there were roads for carriages and horses, and harbors for boats, and canals for barges...
Railroads.
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