Transport During The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution took place in the 18th and 19th centuries, and was a period where most societies around the world became urban and industrialised. During this time, machines were created, making things a lot easier for workers in society. Population expanded, child labour occurred, communication increased around the world, and transport was created. Transport was one of the biggest change that occurred during the industrialisation of the world.
Before the Industrial Revolution the transportation in Britain was very basic. Horse carriages and boats were the main way to transport. It took several days to travel between towns, roads were poor and railways were non-existent. It took weeks or months to send mail, or to send goods across the country. The revolution changed all of this (Poddar). Transporting goods which normally took weeks, changed to days with roads, railroads and steamboats.
Roads before the Industrial Revolution were in dangerous conditions. People living in the area were responsible to repair roads, but in 1750, a new company named ‘Turnpike trust’ emerged, with the ability to borrow money towards the repair of roads and bridges. …show more content…
There are a lot of negative short term things such as children being sold off to work in factories to get the transportation built, and how people got paid minimum wage for working around 14 hour days. But because of transportation many people moved to cities and those cities became overcrowded and there was a bigger need for jobs. And the steam boats created pollution in the air. But it did give positive effects such as a safer and faster way to travel and communicate, and the expansion of small towns increased economic trade. With the transport increase, the ability for commutation with the rest of the world was enabled, and they were able to get ideas and inspiration to improve