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\nCrash Course World History #214: Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution\n

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\nHow did railroads change the world? This video takes a ride down the tracks to understand the improvements, fears, and new developments that evolved through the implementation of railroads. [12:31]\n
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\nNational Inventors Hall of Fame: George Westinghouse\n

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\nFind information about George Westinghouse's contributions to both railroad safety and the adoption of alternating current for motors and the transmission of electricity.\n
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\nPbs Learning Media: Crash Course World History: The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution\n

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\nJoin host John Green to learn about railroads, some of the ways they changed the world, and how they were a microcosm for the Industrial Revolution as a whole. Prior to the invention of steam powered railroads, nearly all forms of...\n
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\nFootprints Science: Power Station\n

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\nThis animation illustrates how steam is converted into electricity.\n
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\nThe Invention of the Steam Engine\n

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\nIn short, readable paragraphs, students can easily follow the history of the invention of the steam engine.\n
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\nNiagra College Canada: The Newcomen Steam Engine\n

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\nDescribes the evolution of Thomas Newcomen's steam engine development. Provides several photographs and sketches of Newcomen's machines.\n
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\nNational Museum of American History: Our Story: All Aboard the Train!\n

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\nActivities and resources, built around a reading of Jingle the Brass by Patricia Newman, for teaching young learners about the importance of railroads in American history.\n
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\nCincinnati Library: Reflections on the River: Tall Stacks\n

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\nThis site focuses on the Tall Stacks Music Arts and Heritage Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio. It offers information about the upcoming Tall Stacks and links to its history.\n
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\nBritain Express: Richard Trevithick Biography\n

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\nThis site by Britain Express gives a biography of inventor Richard Trevithink (1771-1833 CE).\n
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\nOakland Museum of California: Gold Rush and Hydraulic Mining\n

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\nThis page gives a brief explanation of extracting minerals by means of hydraulic mining. This was a labor intensive process that was often dangerous but necessary to find gold.\n
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\nAmerican Experience: Technology Timeline: 1752 1990\n

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\nShort descriptions of important technological innovations produced in America and the date of their introduction.\n
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\nUnesco: Canada: Rideau Canal\n

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\nThe Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military purposes at a time when...\n
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\nWikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maryland: Baltimore (Tugboat)\n

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\nOldest steam-powered tugboat in operation in the United States.\n
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\nWikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: Cannelton Cotton Mill\n

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\nThe Cannelton mill, overlooking the Ohio River, manufactured thread and cloth for over 100 years from 1851 to 1954. Its innovative design used steam power and Southern cotton, and its utility and aesthetics attempted to make Southern...\n
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\nWikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Montgomery (Snagboat)\n

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\nOne of the few surviving steam-powered sternwheelers in the United States, it is one of two surviving United States Army Corps of Engineers snagboats. It was built in 1925 and played a major role in building the...\n
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\nWikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Virginia v (Steamer)\n

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\nConstructed in 1922, the Virginia V is the last functioning ship of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, and the only \"wooden-hull, steam-powered, passenger vessel\" that operates on the West Coast of the United States.\n
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\nWikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Iowa: Sergeant Floyd (Towboat)\n

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\nAnother of just 3 steam-powered towboats surviving.\n
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\nWikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Iowa: George M. Verity (Towboat)\n

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\nOne of three surviving steam-powered towboats in the United States, this ship pioneered on upper Mississippi in a certain way, leading to large private industry.\n
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