The Railroad Originally Was As

The United States As We Know It Today Is Largely The Result Of Mechanical Inventions, And In Particular Of Agricultural Machinery And The Railroad. One Transformed Millions Of Acres Of Uncultivated Land Into Fertile Farms, While The Other Furnished The Transportation Which Carried The Crops To Distant Markets.

In The Decade Before The Civil War Various North And South Lines Of Railway Were Projected And Some Of These Were Assisted By Grants Of Land From The Federal Government

In The United States Three New Methods Of Transportation Made Their Appearance At Almost The Same Time - The Steamboat, The Canal Boat, And The Rail Car

The Financial History Of The Baltimore And Ohio Since The Close Of The Nineteenth Century Is Interesting Chiefly In Connection With Changes In The Control Of The Property

The Construction Of Extensive Railways, However, And Particularly The Consolidation Of Small, Experimental Lines Into Large Systems, Dates From The Days Of The Discovery Of Gold In California