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RAILROADS SPUR INDUSTRY

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RAILROADS SPUR INDUSTRY. Why are there time zones??? Where did we get this ingenious idea? Any guesses? Write it on your scratch paper--- no guess is a bad guess! If you know, keep it to yourself. Why are there time zones???. Caused by the R&R boom Back then, towns kept their own time - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Why are there time zones???

Where did we get this ingenious idea?

Any guesses?Write it on your scratch

paper--- no guess is a bad guess! If you know, keep it to

yourself

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Why are there time zones???• Caused by the R&R boom• Back then, towns kept their own time• Sun directly over town = noon

– How is this a problem state to state?

• 1883, all railway clocks set to a new standard to make travel more consistent & easier

• The country caught on!

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Industrial Growth1865-1914

• Westward expansion is taking place• While many moved west, a lot

stayed to build up the economy

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Railroads Spur Industry• At first, railroads (R&R) were

locally run• Domestic lines couldn’t join

because of differences in gauges

• Gauges: width of a railroad track

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Improvements to railroads

• 1886: railroads in the south adopt northern gauges – (13,000 miles of track

change)• Railroads now create a

network• network: system of

connected lines– Shipping: freight cars

become universal • shipper pays only 1 fare for

whole trip

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Westinghouse Air Brake

• 1869, allows locomotive engineer to stop all railroad cars at once. – Increases safety– Allows longer trains– Allows faster trains

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Pullman Sleeping Car• Cars with convertible benches for sleeping & lavatories

• Dining cars• Waiters and conductors to help passengers

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