tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91550099414872906032012-02-16T06:18:13.223-08:00Kareni Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441516105203066557noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155009941487290603.post-89936957884827739982009-11-18T07:55:00.000-08:002009-11-18T08:02:09.054-08:00<a href="http://hemoore.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/telegraph-artifact.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 307px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 396px" alt="" src="http://hemoore.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/telegraph-artifact.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The 19th century introduced new and increasingly efficient forms of transportation and communication to Newfoundland and Labrador. Roads and railways linked many isolated communities by providing fast and convenient modes of land-based transportation, while government-subsidized steamships transported mail, freight, and passengers to remote coastal settlements and<a name="cable"></a> urban centres.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>At the same time, the telegraph and telephone replaced mail as more efficient means of communication able to place people in almost instant contact with friends, family, or business associates in other parts of the country and the world. The island of Newfoundland, strategically located between Europe and mainland North America, also played an important role in advancing global telecommunications by providing a terminus for the world's first transatlantic telegraph cable.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/19th_comm.html">Full Text</a></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9155009941487290603-8993695788482773998?l=kareni1800s.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kareni Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441516105203066557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155009941487290603.post-31782689084889096612009-11-18T07:47:00.000-08:002009-11-18T07:54:34.633-08:00<a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/22/article-1059791-02C1615200000578-528_468x286.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 468px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/22/article-1059791-02C1615200000578-528_468x286.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />In 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse developed the telegraph. Now news could travel throughout the nation at great distances virtually instantaneously. This invention helped with daily communication as well, as newspapers could print stories for their readers as they were happening. The development of the rotary printing press, in 1847 by Richard Hoe, further enhanced newspaper production.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>Transportation Innovation Helps Build American Industry</strong><br /></div><br /><div>Peter Cooper produced the first American built locomotive in 1830. It was powered by steam, another innovation dating to 1802 when Oliver Evans developed the first steam engine. Although the railroad industry boasted less than 7,000 miles of track between 1830 and 1850, the Civil War enhanced its usefulness.</div><br /><div><a href="http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/inventions_and_innovation_in_19th_century_us">Full Text</a></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9155009941487290603-3178268908488909661?l=kareni1800s.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kareni Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441516105203066557noreply@blogger.com0