With the unemployment rate going up, so did the stands of living.
Transportation
Transportation exerted a lot of impact on agricultural and manufacturing sectors
(Stachura, 2015).
The DeWitt Clinton locomotive, built by the West Point Foundry in New York,
made its first test run on July 2, 1831. The railways would be used to transport mail, raw
materials, finished products, and eventually people.
This sped up communications and enabled
manufacturers to sell and distribute their products cheaper and to a larger customer base. The
transcontinental railroad in North America was completed on May 10, 1869.
Before the rail system, the US had steamboats!
In 1787, John Fitch built a 45 foot
steamboat that he sailed down the Delaware river while members of the Constitutional
convention watched.
However these boats were expensive and impractical.
It wasn’t until 1807
that a steamboat, the Clermont, was invented that would be inexpensive, in comparison to the
boats John Fitch had made, and useful. (
Inventions, n.d.)
The first successful voyage of the
Clermont was from New York to Albany, a 40 mile trip that was made in a record breaking 8
hours!
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