Transportation

What was the transportation issue:





Roads

 1836 Covered Bridge


Canals:

Santee Canal , South Carolina


Middlesex Canal   Massachusetts ( canal association )

PEM Photo--remains of a lock staircase on the Champlain canal
Erie Canal

PEM Photo--remains of the original first lock of the Erie Canal











Steam Boats
 John Fitch
John Fitch (1743-1798) James Rumsey (1743-1792)
Fulton
Robert Fulton (1765-1815) Oliver Evans (1755-1819)

 Sultana Disaster
Henry Miller Shreve (1785-

  Shreve's 1824 George Washington

Three different sources of technological innovation

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