The First Political Party System: 1829 - 1852 The Different Economies and The Politics of the Expansion of Slavery Lead to the Collapse of the Whigs
Feb 06, 2016
The First Political Party System: 1829 - 1852
The Different Economies and The Politics of the Expansion of Slavery Lead to the Collapse of the Whigs
The Success of the Erie Canal Leads to a Canal Building Boom
The first true railroad -- the Stockton and Darlington Railroad -- was openedin England on 27 September 1825
In the United States the first regularly scheduled public steam train was run in Charleston, South Carolina on 25 December 1830.
August 1830, the Tom Thumb made a 13 mile run from Baltimore to Ellicott’s Mills pulling a single car carrying the Directors of the B&O.
On 9 August 1831 the DeWitt Clinton pulled a train between Albany and Schenectady, New York
The Railroad Network in 1860