The Industrial Revolution changed how goods were produced and transportation systems developed. New roads were built using stones and tar to replace dirt paths full of tree stumps. Canals were constructed, like the Erie Canal from 1817-1825, which cut shipping costs. Steamboats and railroads also emerged, making transportation of goods and people faster. By 1850, over 9,000 miles of railroad tracks crossed the nation, supporting the growth of manufacturing. Transportation innovations were crucial during this period of industrialization.

1. Industrial Revolution
Transportation

2. Industrial Revolution
New inventions change the way goods were made.
People began using machines instead of hand tools.
The Industrial Revolution changed the way people in the
United States lived, traveled, and worked.

3. Transportation - New Roads
Until 1803 roads were dirt paths full of tree
stumps and holes.
In 1803, Congress voted to build the first
National Road to Ohio. It was level, and it was
paved with stones and tar.

4. Dirt road

5. First national road in 1803 approved by
congress of USA

6. Building roads with turnpikes , granite and
slate stone

7. Transportation
By 1860 there were more than 88,000 miles of
roads in the United States.
Traveling by road however, still cost a lot of
money and took a long time.

8. Transportation - Canals
In 1817 New York began building the Erie
Canal, a waterway connecting Lake Erie to the
Hudson River.
It was built by 1825 and cut the price of
shipping goods between New York City and
Buffalo from $100 a ton to $10 a ton.

9. Port and canal earie 1817

10. Joining places at different height

11. Transportation
By the 1830’s canals were being dug all over
the country.

12. Transportation - Steam Engine
The Steam Engine helped steamboats
to become the most popular form of
river travel and railroads changed the
way people and goods moved on land.

13. Transportation - Steam Boats
Steamboats became bigger and faster, that
meant more cargo and passengers could be
delivered in a shorter amount of time.
This meant bigger profits for cargo companies
and their customers.

14. Steam boat

15. Transportation - Railroads
The steam locomotive was now being used to
power railroad engines by 1830.
Up until then companies used railroad cars
pulled by horses.

16. railroad

17. Horse was used to carry steam engine to the
station

18. Transportation - Railroads
 The number of railroads grew quickly after 1830, by 1850 about 9,000
miles of track crossed the nation, mostly joining cities in the East.
 Railroads made it easier and cheaper to move heavy loads of raw materials
and manufactured goods to all regions of the country.
 As railroads grew, so did manufacturing in the United States.

19. Question
 1. Why do you think train became important to the people of Britain after industrial
revolution ?
 2. What industries that grow when train became a popular transport
 3. Suggest way of making transportation industries more advance

21. Thank you !