Industrial Revolution-Transportation

Positive

-it was quicker and cheaper to transport raw materials and manufactured goods

-they didn’t need to be near water to transport goods quickly and effectively(long distances)

-without the improvement in transportation the industrial revolution wouldn’t of happened

 

Negatives

-global warming

-pollution

-when the weather was bad the roads became muddy

Roads

-big rocks were on the bottom fine granite gravel was on top

-private company’s paid for sections of the road and then charged people tolls to use it

-the sides of the road were sloped to get rid of water

-James Loudon was McAdam was a Scottish engineer and one of the best engineers of the industrial revolution(he used layers of crushed stone)

-macadam roads are used now

-wagons could use the roads to transport goods

 

 

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