History Of Railroads
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Railroads were born in England, a country of dense population, short distances, and large financial resources. In England problems were very different from those in America, which in the early 1800s was a nation of great distances, sparse population, and limited capital. Americans had to learn to b ....
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.... route connected New England and Montreal, Que., and another one crossed southern Ontario between Niagara, N.Y., and the Detroit River.
During the 1850s north-south routes were developed both east and west of the Alleghenies. It was not until after the American Civil War, however, that a permanent railroad bridge (as distinguished from a temporary wartime structure) was constructed across the Ohio River.
After the Civil War the pace of railroad building increased. The two Pacific railroads ....
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