Evolution of Railroads
In 1869 the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads converged at Promontory Summit, Utah, completing the Transcontinental Railroad.
The invention of the steam machine changed the world. Many smart engineers worked on perfecting the efficiency of this groundbreaking technology. But who turned the simple principle of a steam engine into the speedy steel locomotives, frequenting thousands of kilometers of railroads and connecting the world during the Industrial Revolution? Soon steam boats and trains accelerated the world and furthered the ever prospering new world. To this day railways dominate many landscapes and trains connect millions of places.
It certainly is no big deal to have a small cruise along the canals or ride a train. But what is essential infrastructure today had to be invented out of necessity in the late 18th and early 19th century. In our new episode Brett tells you everything about canals and railways and how they changed the way we transport things.
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