Transportation in the 1800s

Chiara Abel 

Mr. Roddy 

IHSS 

April 27, 2022 


Transportation in the 1800s


    In cities during the 1800s, a new era of transportation was emerging. As more and more skyscrapers were being built many people had to move to more suburban areas outside of the city farther from their jobs. After a while, there started to be a need for more efficient transportation. Some forms of transportation were trolleys, cable cars, subways, and the beginning of the railroad system. Transportation was really important because it helped create connections to different cities in the rapidly growing nation. The new railroad system let people easily travel in and out of the city especially those who had jobs in the city. It also allowed for things like goods and agriculture to be brought into cities and towns from farms in a faster more efficient manner. Around the 1880s the city of Chicago was known as the railroad hub of America. The city had multiple privately held transit companies and by the 1900s about 17 different street railway companies. Each railway company had its own stations, fares, equipment, and stops. In 1910 a half-mile square area of downtown Chicago had 40% of the city's value and each day 750,000 people were arriving in Chicago through its streetcar and “L” line systems. the “L” line is a rapid transit system that runs through the city and suburbs, it still runs to this day. On the south side of Chicago, the "L" runs above alleys, and on June 6, in 1892 the "L" line opened for regular transportation. By the end of 1899, the "L" line was operating in all parts of the city. Because of the growth of transit systems in Chicago, the city became very noisy with the constant sounds of bells and streetcars, one visitor from Japan who wrote about the loop even said, “If the noisiest place is hell - surely Chicago must be hell.” Since the 1800s transportation has changed a lot, but some transportation is still similar, like the railway system. 



The "L" line in Chicago 



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