in the Blackstone River Valley�1800s - 1900s�
TRANSPORTATION
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How did you get to school today?
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Use the Word Web to brainstorm different ways to travel from place to place.
MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
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Use the Word Web to brainstorm different ways to travel from place to place.
MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
Bus
Train
Walk
Car
Airplane
Bike
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Listen to Alice Hadfield (Timperley) tell about her life in the early 1900s. What methods of transportation did she use to travel from one place to another?�Answer here.
Alice Hadfield (Timperley) with her family c. 1918. Alice Timperley in 2002.
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Listen to Alice Hadfield (Timperley) tell about her life in the early 1900s. What methods of transportation did she use to travel from one place to another?�Alice walked, rode the train, and went on the electric car to travel from place to place.
Alice Hadfield (Timperley) with her family c. 1918. Alice Timperley in 2002.
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TRAIN
CANAL BARGE
AUTOMOBILE
HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE
BICYCLE
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TRAIN�Year: | |
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The Providence and Worcester Railroad opened in 1847. It transported people and products quicker than the barges on the Blackstone River Canal. Trains traveled at speeds up to 60 miles per hour. This allowed the trip from Providence to Worcester to take just over an hour, which is as fast as traveling by car in modern times. The railroad ran in all kinds of weather throughout the year. To this day, the Providence and Worcester Railroad continues to be an important mode of transportation.
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TRAIN�Year: 1847 | |
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The Providence and Worcester Railroad opened in 1847. It transported people and products quicker than the barges on the Blackstone River Canal. Trains traveled at speeds up to 60 miles per hour. This allowed the trip from Providence to Worcester to take just over an hour, which is as fast as traveling by car in modern times. The railroad ran in all kinds of weather throughout the year. To this day, the Providence and Worcester Railroad continues to be an important mode of transportation.
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BLACKSTONE CANAL BARGE�Year: | |
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The Blackstone Canal was dug with shovels, pickaxes, and spades mainly by Irish immigrants. The 46 miles long canal opened in 1828, connecting the mill villages between Worcester, MA and Providence, RI. Canal barges were 72 feet long, 9 ½ feet wide, and could carry about 35 tons of cargo. Two horses pulled each canal barge at about four miles per hour. Canal barges traveled between Worcester and Providence in only two days and saved about $3.80 per ton. However, floods, droughts, and ice caused the canal to shut down sometimes. These problems, combined with expensive construction costs and fighting with mills for water rights, made it difficult to �run the canal.
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BLACKSTONE CANAL BARGE�Year: 1828 | |
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The Blackstone Canal was dug with shovels, pickaxes, and spades mainly by Irish immigrants. The 46 miles long canal opened in 1828, connecting the mill villages between Worcester, MA and Providence, RI. Canal barges were 72 feet long, 9 ½ feet wide, and could carry about 35 tons of cargo. Two horses pulled each canal barge at about four miles per hour. Canal barges traveled between Worcester and Providence in only two days and saved about $3.80 per ton. However, floods, droughts, and ice caused the canal to shut down sometimes. These problems, combined with construction cost overruns and fighting with mills for water rights, �made it difficult to run the canal.
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HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE & WAGON on TURNPIKES�Year: | |
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Beginning in the early 1800s, horse-drawn carriages and wagons were used to transport goods and people on routes called turnpikes. Turnpikes were built to make it easier for wagons and carriages to travel long distances. These new roads connected town centers. Passengers were charged a fee to travel on these straighter roads. Turnpikes were good for moving people and mail, but they did not make shipping goods cheaper or faster.
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HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE & WAGON on TURNPIKES�Year: early 1800s | |
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Beginning in the early 1800s, horse-drawn carriages and wagons were used to transport goods and people on routes called turnpikes. Turnpikes were built to make it easier for wagons and carriages to travel long distances. These new roads connected town centers. Passengers were charged a fee to travel on these straighter roads. Turnpikes were good for moving people and mail, but they did not make shipping goods cheaper or faster.
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AUTOMOBILE�Year: | |
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In 1895, automobiles grew in popularity as an important mode of transportation. Early on, cars were powered by electricity, steam engines, or gasoline. Eventually, automobiles powered by gasoline became the most preferred car. The invention of the self-starting engine made it easier and safer to start. The gasoline car could also travel longer distances and achieve greater speeds. However, automobiles also brought noise and air pollution, �heavy traffic, and speeding drivers�to American roadways.
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AUTOMOBILE�Year: 1895 | |
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In 1895, automobiles grew in popularity as an important mode of transportation. Early on, cars were powered by electricity, steam engines, or gasoline. Eventually, automobiles powered by gasoline became the most preferred car. The invention of the self-starting engine made it easier and safer to start. The gasoline car could also travel longer distances and achieve greater speeds. However, automobiles also brought noise and air pollution, �heavy traffic, and speeding drivers �to American roadways.
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BICYCLE Year: | |
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The great bicycle craze swept the United States after 1885 with the introduction of the modern low-wheeled safety bicycle. Thousands of bicycles were sold. This bicycle allowed riders to travel from place to place at good speed without a horse. Since bicycles required better, smoother roads than horse-drawn vehicles, public roads and highways were eventually improved. Smoother, paved roads in the 1900s helped bicycle travel, as well as transportation by automobile.
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BICYCLE Year: 1885 | |
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The great bicycle craze swept the United States after 1885 with the introduction of the modern low-wheeled safety bicycle. Thousands of bicycles were sold. This bicycle allowed riders to travel from place to place at good speed without a horse. Since bicycles required better, smoother roads than horse-drawn vehicles, public roads and highways were eventually improved. Smoother, paved roads in the 1900s helped bicycle travel, as well as transportation by automobile.
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TIMELINE
You will now use the dates and transportation inventions to create a timeline. A timeline is an ordered list of events showing change over time. Your timeline will show how transportation has changed over time from the 1800s to the 1900s.
To prepare your timeline, list the years for each mode of transportation in order from the earliest to the latest below.
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A timeline is an ordered list of events showing change over time.
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Transportation Timeline
Digital Version
Directions: Follow the steps below to complete the transportation timeline on the next slide.
1. Label the tick marks along the timeline from 1800 and up until the year 1900, counting �by tens. ��2. In each callout box, write the date that the transportation invention was first� used in Rhode Island. Name the mode of transportation. Create a summary� sentence describing how it operated. (The first one has been done for you as an example.)
3. Slide the completed callout box onto the timeline. Place the point of the callout box on the line according to the date of the mode of transportation. For example, if a vehicle was first used in 1865, place the point of the callout box directly in between 1860 and 1870.
4. Alternate the position of the entries. The first one starts BELOW the line. The next one should be placed ABOVE the line, and so on.
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Transportation Timeline
1800
Horse-drawn Carriages �& Wagons �Horse-drawn carriages and wagons transported goods and people on turnpikes.
Type date here.�Name of Transportation�Type your transportation sentence here.
1900
1810
1800
Type date here.�Name of Transportation�Type your transportation sentence here.
Type date here.�Name of Transportation�Type your transportation sentence here.
Type date here.�Name of Transportation�Type your transportation sentence here.
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Transportation �Timeline
1800
Horse-drawn Carriages �& Wagons �Horse-drawn carriages and wagons transported goods and people on turnpikes.
1995
Automobile
Many people preferred to travel in automobiles. They were fast and traveled far.
1900
1810
1820
1830
1840
1860
1870
1880
1890
1800
1847�Train
Trains traveled quickly at speeds up to 60 miles per hour.
1885�Bicycle�Bicycles were ridden to get from one place to another.
1828�Canal Barge�Canal barges were pulled by horses to bring goods up and down the Blackstone Canal.
1850
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Transportation Timeline - Paper Version
Directions: Follow the steps below to create your transportation timeline.
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ELECTRIC STREETCAR�Year: | |
If you were to add the electric streetcar (trolley) to the transportation timeline, where would you place it? |
Rhode Islanders first used electric streetcars, or trolleys, in 1887. This mode of transportation rode along metal rails on the roads. It was powered by electricity through a wire connected from the trolley to electricity poles. These electric streetcars usually traveled at speeds between 10 and 15 miles per hour. Although they were sometimes crowded with many passengers, trolley transportation was a simple way for people to travel between cities and to and from work.
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ELECTRIC STREETCAR�Year: | |
If you were to add the electric streetcar (trolley) to the transportation timeline, where would you place it?��The trolley would be placed to the right of 1885 and to the left of 1890. |
Rhode Islanders first used electric streetcars, or trolleys, in 1887. This mode of transportation rode along metal rails on the roads. It was powered by electricity through a wire connected from the trolley to electricity poles. These electric streetcars usually traveled at speeds between 10 and 15 miles per hour. Although they were sometimes crowded with many passengers, trolley transportation was a simple way for people to travel between cities and to and from work.
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