The Rise Of The Dominant Railroads

The development of railroads was one of the most important results coming out of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s.

The United States was a young, growing country at the time and the railroads brought great social, economic and political change with their formation, construction and operation.

Although the railroads expanded during the last half of the 1800s until several crossed the country, all the railroad projects in the beginning were small and simple lines. There were some men...