Invention+Evolution+Topics

Invention Evolution Topics:


 * Rail Transportation

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The Railroad
More important than these advanced weapons were larger-scale technological innovations such as the railroad. Once again, the Union had the advantage. When the war began, there were 22,000 miles of railroad track in the North and just 9,000 in the South, and the North had almost all of the nation’s track and locomotive factories. Furthermore, Northern tracks tended to be “standard gauge,” which meant that any train car could ride on any track. Southern tracks, by contrast, were not standardized, so people and goods frequently had to switch cars as they traveled--an expensive and inefficient system. Union officials used railroads to move troops and supplies from one place to another. They also used thousands of soldiers to keep tracks and trains safe from Confederate attack.

Rail Transportation:

Industrial Revolution

The development of Rail Transportation is very important to U.S history. In made a great impact in the industrial revolution also. Railroads brought great social, economic, and political change to the 50 year old country.

The rail road was first developed in Great Britain. A man named George Stephenson later applied the technology of the steam engine to the world. Stephenson works were the first engines used by the U.S. Also, the rails in U.S were imported from england up until the civil war.

Civil War

More than 2 hundred railroads when war began. Most of those railroads were found in territories that remained loyal to the National government. The railroads made a huge impact for the Union army during civil war