tommy's railroad
well get you there the fastest
- History
The steam locomotive was first developed in Great Britain by George Stephenson,
- Advantages
It cut the cost of shipping by 60%-70%
was faster than horse back
more reliable then other ways of transportation
- disadvantages
it was not always safe
took away natural land
could not travel in very harsh snow storms
- Inventor
George Stephenson
he was a civil engineer
his first system of rail was liverpool to manchester England
- impact to north dakota
It made people want to go there because it was easy to farm and cheap to ship
if we did not have the railroad so many people might not go west and that would decrease the population of north dakota.
- Importance to settling the west
the railroad was a fast way get to the west
It made travel easy for people to travel west
RAILROAD
Info
Email: tommysrailrode@railrode.org
Website: tommysrailrode.org
Location: Wachter Middle School, Bismarck, ND, United States
Phone: (1701) 600-4930
Facebook: facebook.com/tommysrailrod
Twitter: @tommysrailrode