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The Transport Revolution
- up to 1750 roads were dirt tracks with pot holes and became muddy in winter
- travelling was slow and expensive
- during the industrial revolution more goods had to be transported
- during the industrial revolution more goods had to be transported
- travelling was slow and expensive
- turnpike trusts were private companies that got permission from the government to build better roads
- you had to pay a charge called a toll for using them
- you had to pay a charge called a toll for using them
- Thomas Telford improved roads by
- digging deep foundations
- laying down a layer of heavy stones with smaller stones on top
- putting a layer of tightly packed gravel on top
- digging deep foundations
- John MacAdam further improved roads by
- realising there was no need for deep foundations
- the carts and coaches would grind the stones on the
surface to powder which the rain would wash down
and would hold the lower layers together for longer
- roads were highest in the middle to allow water to flow into the drainage ditches
- realising there was no need for deep foundations
- these improvements
- cut the journey between london and manchester from 4 days to 18 hours
- more people wanted to travel
- goods were transported faster
- Charles Bianconi set up transport company using coaches called Bianconi cars
- cut the journey between london and manchester from 4 days to 18 hours
- Canals
- best way of moving bulky goods such as coal
- the duke of bridgewater couldnt transport coal from his coalmines to manchester at a reasonable price
- James Brindley built a cannal from the dukes coalfields to manchester
- this reduced the cost by half
- was named the Bridgewater cannal
- was named the Bridgewater cannal
- this reduced the cost by half
- James Brindley built a cannal from the dukes coalfields to manchester
- 6,500km of canal was built by 1850
- slow
- by 1830 railways were the main mode of transport instead of canal
- best way of moving bulky goods such as coal
- railways
- Watts steam engine made possible the
invention of the steam locomotive
- was adapted by Richard Trevithick to run on an iron track
- locomotive
- locomotive
- was adapted by Richard Trevithick to run on an iron track
- George Stephenson built the first train carrying goods
- Stephenson then invented the locomotive called the rocket
which carried passengers between Manchester and Liverpool
- went at 25km/h
- went at 25km/h
- Watts steam engine made possible the
invention of the steam locomotive
- Steam ships
- quickly replaced sailing ships
- in the late eighteenth century a steem engine was build for ships
- what took a sailing ship 6 weeks took a steam ship 10 days
- quickly replaced sailing ships
- effects
- raw materials and manufactuered goods could be transported
quickly and cheaply
- lowered cost of goods
- iron and steal and coal production increased greatly
- raw materials and manufactuered goods could be transported
quickly and cheaply
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