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NAVAIGABLE CANALS IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Some rivers, such as the Thames, Severn and Trent, were naturally navigable, at least in their lower reaches. Other rivers were improved during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, adding the transport links of cities such as England. Canals provided the vital links in the transport network during the Iindustrial Revolution. Britain was the first country to have a nationwide network of channels. -
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS
The construction of roads all around the XIX century made it easier to transport goods, but until the XX century, they were nearly not used. -
THE IMPORTANCE OF BOATS AND PORTS DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Around the first half of the XIX century, the maritime transport allowed the reduction of transport costs and the increase in the movement of goods, through the development and improvement of ports; generating the growth of international trade. -
CONSTRUCTION OF TOLL ROADS
The British Parliament began to grant toll rights, obtained by the so-called Turnpike trust (what today is known as Concessionary Societies, in charge of managing toll roads), urging to socialize spending on these communication networks. -
RAILWAYS TO TRANSPORT GOODS FROM MINES
During the Industrial Revolution, mine was a very important succesful economic activity. The miner kneeled down and extracted the coal from its base with a pickaxe. In the dark hallway behind her, a woman was loading coal into a wagon.The materials extracted were exported to other cities or countries thanks to the railway. -
THE APPEARANCE OF THE STEAM NAVIGATION
One of the great advances for navigation in the 19th century was the first ship powered by steam machinery, putting an end to sails, and above all, ending dependence on weather conditions.