Industrial revolution, An evolution that help as to know remarkable changes made in our society.

1. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
AND TRANSPORTATION
Nanditha S
MBA-ITLM
Roll Number-23
IMU Cochin

2. 1800-1870
 Industrial revolution – An evolution
 Industrial revolution brought remarkable changes,
 Factors brought by industrial revolution:-
• The Scientific method
• Property rights
• Capital markets
• Communications and transport
infrastructure
 Industrial revolution , the foundation of economic systems.
2

3. RAILWAYS
 Technical innovations were mainly between 1760-
1800.
 Development of canal systems and railways.
 Thomas Newcomen- Invented first steam engine
3

4.  James Watt- Inventor of efficient steam engine.
4

5.  Nicolas Joseph Cugnot- Developed self propelled
steam vehicle.
5

6.  Turnpikes, development of stagecoaches, horse
drawn of inland distribution.
 The first railway line in Philadelphia and Columbia.
6

7.  Then it was Allegheny Portage Railroad.
7

8.  Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad- First
railroad in Canada.
8

9.  First commercial rail line- Manchester to
Liverpool.
 Railways interconnected the cities.
9

10. CANALS
 Freight Shipping Canals was the turning point.
 Construction of Canals in the late 18th century.
 The two major canal systems
East of the Appalachians along the East
Coast
West of the Appalachians in the Midwest
 Erie Canal, Rideau Canal and Champlain Canal
10

11. MARITIME ROUTES
 Maritime routes linked harbors worldwide especially
over the North Atlantic between Europe and North
America.
 Matthew Fontaine Maury
11

12.  Composite ships after Steam ships
12

13.  Savannah- First Steam ship
 Steam engine technology permitted longer and
safer voyage.
 Usage of steam armatures.
13

14. CONSEQUENCE
 The main consequence of industrial revolution:-
• Specialization of transportation
services
• Establishment of large distribution
networks of raw materials and energy
14

15. 15