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Cheaper to build AND were not limited to "sea level".
(Yes, both trains and canals can climb hills - but it's easier and cheaper for the train.)
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Canals did not function during the winter and were of limited use
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Canals were long and dangerous, often uncomfortable and expensive.
Railroad car capacity tripled, the use of strong steel rails allowed for heavier loads.
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How did the railroads and canals help the US grow?
Railroads and canals helped the United States grow by increasing the transportation of goods. Before canals and railroads, goods were moved by shipping with the flow of rivers or by horseback. Canals and railroads also allowed goods to be carried faster and in larger quantities then before.
What surpassed canals for shipping goods?
The railroads soon surpassed the canals for shipping goods. Then highways with trucks surpassed the railroads.
How did canals help New Jersey's manufacturing?
Canals and railroads helped New Jersey's manufactering by industry growing.
Did canals or railroads go faster?
Yes
What was the advantage of railroads over canals?
people
Which method of transportation that proved to be better than canals?
railroads were better transportation than canals
The method of transportation that proved to be better than canals was?
railroads
What inventions and improvements opened up the West?
canals and railroads...
What was one advantage of canals over railroads in the 1840s?
the advantage of canals over railroads was they could carry heavy materials quickly to where they where needed where as rail was not able to carry very much. Canals, while harder to build, were less expensive to operate.
Were railroads the first development of transportation?
Prior to railroads there were roads for carriages and horses, and harbors for boats, and canals for barges...
How did railroads help the united state grow?
Railroads and canals helped the United States grow by increasing the transportation of goods.
What development represented the Transportation Revolution of the early 1800s?
The arrival of railroads.
