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Tryworks first installed
brick oven furnaces used to render oil from whale blubber -- are first installed on ships, increasing profitability and extending length of whaling voyages. -
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Industrial Revolution
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Prominent Nantucket whaling merchant Joseph Rotch moves to New Bedford, Ma
Prominent Nantucket whaling merchant Joseph Rotch resettles to New Bedford, anticipating the city's future importance to the whaling industry. -
James Watt ivents the steam engine
James Watt invents the first steam engine -
First sucsessful trial in a steam boat
John Finch made first sucsessful trial in a steam boat -
Model steamboat built that ran four times
Robert Fulton built model steamboat built that ran four times to the Quai de chaillot. -
First steamboat built
Robert Fulton built the Clermont the first practicle steamboat -
Clermont takes first sucsessful journey
Clermont travels up the Hudson River to Albany, First sucsessful commercial voyage -
Whaling Enters Golden Age
After the War of 1812, the whaling industry enters its "Golden Age." -
New Bedford's Whaling Fleet Exceeds Nantucket
For the first time, New Bedford's whaling fleet exceeds that of Nantucket. -
Stevens demonstrated the feasibility of steam locomotive
Stevens demonstrated the feasibility of steam locomotive on a circle experimental track constructed on his estate in Hoboken, New Jersey. -
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were built
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were built in 1827, covering 379 miles, powered by horses. -
Famous day for American transportation
Famous day for reckoning for American transportation -
The South Carolina canal and Rail Road company complete
The South Carolina canal and Rail Road company, whose 136 miles of track, completed to Hamburg, constituted, in 1833. -
New Bedford is the Wealthiest City
Because of profits from whale oil and baleen, New Bedford is the wealthiest city per capita in the country. -
30,000 miles of railway track in use
There were 30,000 miles of railway tracks in use in the United States.
