American West
United States became one of the most industrialized nations and sought to grow its industries at an alarming rate. For this purpose, the western part of United States, which had not yet been discovered, was subjected to massive development, economic growth, formation of industries and allowing settlers to move towards the west. Railroads played a significant role in contributing towards the development and urbanization of America's West. The goal of this paper is to analyze the impact of railroads on America's West in the lights of broad and diverse academic resources.
Railroads in America West
Railroads had been developed in United States during the nineteenth century and start of twentieth century. They owe their existence to Industrial Revolution. During the nineteenth century, Industrial Revolution promoted technological and industrial development and thus, laid down the foundations of railroads in United States. During this time, United States became one of the most industrialized nations and sought to grow its industries at an alarming rate. For this purpose, the western part of United States, which had not yet been discovered, was subjected to massive development, economic growth, formation of industries and allowing settlers to move towards the west. Railroads played a significant role in contributing towards the development and urbanization of America's West. The goal of this paper is to analyze the impact of railroads on America's West in the lights of broad and diverse academic resources.
Historical Evolution of Railroads and Background
At the dawn of nineteenth century, there was an awareness among the American industrialists that there was need to develop new mode of transportation in order to promote business and ensure that industries grow in United States (Banerjee, 78). For this purpose, efforts were made by investors to invest on water transportation in order to connect with United States. A former colonel of the American Army, John Stevens had proposed to develop steamboats, whereas Fulton proposed the development of rail systems, which would be powered by steams as it would be economical and quick to move goods from one place to another. Learning from the success of British railroad system, there was still need to prove the efficiency and reliability of railroads in United States as experts were not available. For this purpose, engineers went to Britain in order to learn railway and railroads technology (Banerjee, 84). Before 1840, 63% of the railroads constructed in United States were done by individuals, who had obtained their training from Britain. Ohio and Baltimore railroads were connected with Pittsburgh and concentrated on designing bridges and ensuring that slopes are ignored (Jenks, 10).
The Influence of Industrial Revolution on Railroads
There is no doubt that the Industrial Revolution played a significant impact in the development of technologies and economics. One of the most major impact was made on the development of railroads. New industries were the product of Industrial revolution and therefore, railroad technology changed the face of Industrialization as well as the landscape and terrain. The Industrial Revolution was a slow and gradual process, which brought changes in terms of technology and development (Jenks, 12). After the end of Civil War in United States till the start of twentieth century, the United States had been successful in becoming one of the most developed countries in terms of industry as it had been influenced by Industrial Revolution.
Developments had been made to install various factories that contained several workers, natural resources such as iron, coal and oil were produced in United States and developments were made in technology. There is no doubt that during this period, United States had been successful in surpassing all other developed nations in terms of industry and development. As the industry progressed in United States, the government of United States adopted several regulations in terms of business and development (Craig, Palquist&Weiss, Thomas, 173). This time also witnessed various individuals who made a significant impact on the industries such as John D. Rockefeller, who was an oil tycoon, Pierpont Morgan, who was an expert in field of finance and Thomas A Edison, who was an inventor. In short, railroads had been developed in United States to shape the industries and to transport goods from one place to another.
Railroads in the West
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