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Transport
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During the second half of the eighteenth century transport systems in Britain began to improve markedly. Innovations in construction techniques, notably by J.L. McAdam, led to new surfaces being used on roads and, thanks largely to the work of Thomas Telford, the expansion of the canal network. It was the application of steam power, however, which played the most significant role.
Steam was used to drive three major categories of vehicles: railway locomotives, ships and traction engines. The first two revolutionised travel. Railways (i.e. a combination of steam-driven engines and a permanent metalled way) were first established in the early nineteenth century, with the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester line in 1825. The Stephenson family were prominent in this development, laying down the essential principles of steam locomotives. In the subsequent decades leading up to the second world war, a railway system became established throughout Britain.
Steam powered ships, although initially employed only for short distances, eventually opened up intercontinental travel. Brunel's first great steamship The Great Western (1837) was specifically designed to cross the Atlantic.
The use of steam driven traction engines was less successful however. The unsuitability of many roads meant that in practice the new technology encountered many obstacles. Neverthless, traction engines did become a distinguished product of this time.
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