Across
- 6. connected Philadelphia and Pittsburgh; made a line through the mountains
- 7. In 1845 the ____ _____ was still drawing over 2/3 of east-west traffic from New York; by 1847 more than 1/2 of the traffic came from the west
- 8. Could take on fuel along its routes; more efficient than steamships because it didn't have to carry tons of coal and had more room for cargo
Down
- 1. built in 1830; was the first American line; carried 80,000 passengers over a 13mile stretch of track
- 2. invented the steel plow; blacksmith who moved to Illinois in 1837
- 3. major figure in the development of the reaper
- 4. consolidated the New York Central Railroad in 1853; a banker who kept his lines well maintained
- 5. in 1851 was the longest railroad in the world with 537 miles of track; connected Hudson river, north of New York, with Dunkirk (on Lake Erie)