The Developing of Transportation 



hour was attained on the smoothest of the highways. This 

 speed was considered extremely hazardous and necessitated 

 the frequent change of horses. 



The first pubHc steam railroad to be constructed con- 

 nected Stockton and Darlington In the county of Durham, 

 England, a distance of eleven miles. On September 27, 

 1825, the first train propelled by steam power made Its Ini- 

 tial trip over this new road. George Stephenson was the 

 man who Invented, built and piloted the engine on the epoch 

 making trip. It had a speed of ten or eleven miles per 

 hour and, then as now, an epoch making event was the occa- 

 sion for the greatest of Interest among the people. The 

 road was constructed for the purpose of hauling coal and 

 the cars were not much larger than a farm wagon, but 

 twenty-two of the wagons were filled to capacity by people 

 anxious for the first trip. In addition to this load of human 

 freight the little engine also pulled twelve wagons loaded 

 with coal on this Initial trip. The steam railway as a freight 

 carrier was now established, but the persons who had taken 

 their first train ride now began to demand that they be 

 taken regularly. This led to the establishment of regular 

 passenger train service and as the era of railway building 

 continued, the day of the stagecoach began to wane. The 

 basic Idea of a new method of transportation was put Into 

 motion and through growth, development and adaptation 

 the continents have been girded with steel rails. 



The steam railway and steam navigation have developed 

 the commerce of the world so that the people from the 

 utmost parts of the earth may use and enjoy the products 

 produced by the people from all other places. The naked 



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