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Britain: 1790-1900: Transport: Canals and Railways
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- 1Why were Canals Built across Britain?Canals were the most efficient way of transporting goods
- 2How Were the Canals Built?Canals were huge engineering projects which required enormous skill and labour
- 3How did the Canal Network develop from the 1760s onwards?A network of Canals developed across Britain from 1761 onwards
- 4Why did the Canals begin to decline after the 1840s?The canals declined after the 1840s for a variety of reasons, however, the most important one was due to competition from the railways
- 5How were the Railways built?Like the canals, Railways were built by large numbers of navvies, many of them Irish immigrants
- 6How did the Railway network Develop?As the benefits of the railway became apparent to businessmen and the public, miles of railway were built across the length and breadth of Britain
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- National 5 History (Britain: 1760-1900) FlashCards sobre Britain: 1790-1900: Transport: Canals and Railways, criado por Lewis White em 20-09-2013.
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