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Northern Industry

Northern Industry. Mr. Viergutz. Farming Equipment. Iron plow Replaceable parts John Deere Lightweight steel plow Cyrus McCormick Factory made reaper Mechanical drill, threshing machine, hay rake Impact-more food, less workers. Telegraph . Samuel F. B. Morse Live wire signals

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Northern Industry

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  1. Northern Industry Mr. Viergutz

  2. Farming Equipment • Iron plow • Replaceable parts • John Deere • Lightweight steel plow • Cyrus McCormick • Factory made reaper • Mechanical drill, threshing machine, hay rake • Impact-more food, less workers

  3. Telegraph • Samuel F. B. Morse • Live wire signals • Dots, dashes • Instant success • Companies sprang up • Communication revolution • News travel in minutes • Helped businesses

  4. First Railroads • Used for canals • Horse-drawn on iron tracks • Steam-powered locomotive • Rocket-1829 • Whopping 30 mph

  5. Railroad Development Early Difficulties Boom • Job losses • Investments lost • Unsafe, unreliable • Several accidents • Broke down • Hot temps.=fires • Head-on collisions • Problems overcame • Studier bridges • Solid roadbeds • Iron rails • Safer, faster travel • 1850s-railroads dominate travel

  6. Economic Expansion • Yankee clippers-brief success • Steam power • Powerful, cheap • Mass production • Lots @ low cost • New consumer • Link to distant territories

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