TRANSPORTATION IN THE 1850s

Transportation in the 1850's was a revolution. People were able to travel city to city in the space of an afternoon with the coming of the railroads. Communication between cities and towns was also available instantly due to the telegraph. Telegraph lines ran beside railroad tracks. America was connected through tracks and lines. Horse pulling carriages and sleighs were still being used, but only on a local, daily level. Trains, not horses, were being used for long distance travel.

CARRIAGES:

CARRIAGE AD FROM 1850.

CARRIAGE AD FROM 1858.

HORSES:

SLEIGH RIDE, 1858.

HORSES PULLING CARGO, 1858.

TRAINS:

RAILROAD DEPOT AT PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 1858.

RESOURCES UTILIZED:

CITY OF WORCESTER. CITY DIRECTORY, 1850.

CITY OF WORCESTER. CITY DIRECTORY, 1858.