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Steam Ferries Existed Too!
In the early 1800s, steamboats or ferries gained popularity from the invention of the steam engine. Steam power meant reduced need of relying on winds or man power and the various canals and harbors of New York facilitated this new … Continue reading
All Aboard!!! ^.^
*toot-toot* The instigation of the railroad in the 1840s was an prominent upgrade to the city’s earlier means of transportation, which was by horse. The horse generally took an average of four to six days to travel the same distance … Continue reading
HISTORY OF RAILROADS IN NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!!
The New York Central was a railroad system that was based in New York and connected in to other states through out Northeastern United States such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Massachusetts. This railroad system was of great importance … Continue reading