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Railroads
“The last and
culminating invention of the Industrial Revolution” didn’t just change the
shipping industry by opening cheaper shipping alternatives but transformed “the
outlook and values of the entire society” (1 p. 693) .
The Rocket
The Rocket
The successful run of the sixteen
mile an hour steam locomotive the Rocket was
the start of the transformative railroad age. Within twenty years of George
Stephenson’s success trains were flying at over 50 miles per hour and over 6500
miles of tracks were laid down crisscrossing Britain (2 p. 163) .
1923 Replica for silent film "Our Hospitality"
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