“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.” KnowsStatesTodayUnitedResultsMillionsUnited StatesLandParticularTrainInventionFarmsTransformedMachineryCropsTransportationFertileRailroadsAcres Book:The Railroad Builders (Volume 38 Chronicles of America) Source: The Railroad Builders (Volume 38 Chronicles of America)
“Farmers, merchants, manufacturers, and the traveling public have all had their troubles with the transportation lines, and the difficulties to which these struggles have given rise have produced that problem which is even now apparently far from solution.” ProblemGivenLinesStruggleEconomyTroubleSolutionsDifficultyFarmersTransportationMerchants Author:John Moody
“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” MadeStatesThreeUnitedUnited StatesEconomyCarMethodAppearanceBoatTransportationRailCanalsSteamboats Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States