History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1233 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Mohawk and Hudson
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The idea
The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad was the first to begin service with a steam locomotive, its inaugural train running in eighteen thirty-one on a track outside Albany.
In practice
Twelve miles covered in twenty-five minutes.
Where people slip
The first American railroad ran beside the canal that had opened six years earlier, and would eventually take its traffic.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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