Steamboats
They invented a condensing steam engine during the American Revolution.
Who is James Watt?
They implied the idea of steam-powered trains in 1825.
Who is John Stevens?
The first chartered railroad in the United States.
What is the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad?
As railroads continued to grow, what else increased?
Before standardized time was found, states and cities were using a different time that was less accurate and more time consuming.
What is solar time?
The first steamboat to travel the Ohio River in 1811.
What is the New Orleans?
In the early 1800's, what country had trains?
The United Kingdom.
What year was the railroad officially opened?
1828
What are new skills that would be needed in the business?
Civil engineers, boilermakers, and mechanics
The time zone for all areas in or around the same Longitude and Latitude is called...
Standardized time
Who invented the paddle steamboat that first traveled in 1807.
Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton.
No one supported John Stevens so what did he do?
He had too advance his idea to a railway between New York and Lake Erie.
What was the locomotive powered by steam called and made by?
Tom Thumb by Peter Cooper
Because of all the new jobs and changes in the industry, the tracks in the United States went from (blank) miles too (blank) miles
When was standardized time instituted in America and Canada?
November 18, 1883
Steamboats were widely used in the 19th century to transport goods. What river was used?
Mississippi River.
76
What did railroads used for fuel?
Coal
Steam trains became not only travel but also...
Cargo carriers
Some of the first passengers detected over (How many?) different time zones in the Eastern part of the country only on the railroads.
50
In 1812, what speed (in miles) did steamboats travel per hour?
8 miles per hour.
In 1802, what did Richard Trevithick create?
The first high pressurized locomotive steam engine on tracks/rails.
What was steel used for?
Factories, machines, locomotives, and the railroads.
The evolving train community transported what kinds of minerals and food?
Minerals like iron ore and food like grain
How was time usually seen?
By the Clock-tower in the middle of the town