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25b. In 1869, a golden spike linked the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah. The development of railroads was one of the most important phenomena of the Industrial Revolution. Tracing railroad development from the early 1800s to the 1840s, this page is a good resource for a time period often neglected by other railroad history sites. Report broken link. The Promise of Gold Mountain. The discovery of gold in California lured Chinese as well as Easterners to the hills of California. The nineteenth century was era of communication revolution when many electronic communication devices were invented. Postman states that the greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the idea of invention itself (Postman, 1992, p42). The telephone has had a big impact on the world. Ong claims the telephone has brought us into the age of secondary orality (Ong, 1982, p. 133).  Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad. There are few things in American history that had the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad. Before it was completed, it cost $1,000 to travel between California and New York, and it could take as long as six months to sail around Cape Horn in South America.  The railroad was first developed in Great Britain. A man named George Stephenson successfully applied the steam technology of the day and created the world's first successful locomotive. The first engines used in the United States were purchased from the Stephenson Works in England. Tracing railroad development from the early 1800s to the 1840s, this page is a good resource for a time period often neglected by other railroad history sites. Report broken link. The Promise of Gold Mountain. The discovery of gold in California lured Chinese as well as Easterners to the hills of California. Covered in multimedia lecture #1660. No invention of the 1800's played a more vital role in the Industrial Revolution than the steam locomotive and railroad, triggering the biggest leap in transportation technology in history. The technology central to railroads, the steam engine, needed two major improvements. Another catalyst for the invention of the locomotive was the loss of so many horses during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. This, along with the rolling and puddling method and Watt's Sun and Planet gear, sparked experiments leading to the first steam locomotive in 1804. The first railroads in America were horse drawn. However, with the development of the steam engine, they quickly grew. For example, over 1200 miles of railroad track was laid between 1832 and 1837. Railroads had a large and varied impact on the development of the United States. Following is a look at the effect that railroads had on the development of the United States. Perhaps the greatest physical feat of 19th century America was the creation of the transcontinental railroad. Two railroads, the Central Pacific starting in San Francisco and a new railroad, the Union Pacific, starting in Omaha, Nebraska, would build the rail-line. Tracing railroad development from the early 1800s to the 1840s, this page is a good resource for a time period often neglected by other railroad history sites. Report broken link. The Promise of Gold Mountain. The discovery of gold in California lured Chinese as well as Easterners to the hills of California. How the telegraph changed the world. The invention of the telegraph did make the world a lot smaller. It help send information across the country faster than any vehicle. Before the invention, information had to be send by horses, boats, trains, and any other transportation. The Impact of Railroad Expansion. The steel highway improved the lives of millions of city dwellers. By the 1890s, the United States was becoming an urban nation, and railroads supplied cities and towns with food, fuel, building materials, and access to markets. The simple presence of railroads could bring a city economic prosperity. Telegraphy and railroading had been inseparable since the beginning, and virtually everywhere there was a railroad, there was a telegraph wire. In 1893, the United States celebrated the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World with a spectacular fair in Chicago.
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