. A history of travel in America, being an outline of the development in modes of travel from archaic vehicles of colonial times to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad: the influence of the Indians on the free movement and territorial unity of the white race: the part played by travel methods in the economic conquest of the continent: and those related human experiences, changing social conditions and governmental attitudes which accompanied the growth of a national travel system . eight oftruck and wheels, and the friction of wheels on sub-merged rails would retard the progr
. A history of travel in America, being an outline of the development in modes of travel from archaic vehicles of colonial times to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad: the influence of the Indians on the free movement and territorial unity of the white race: the part played by travel methods in the economic conquest of the continent: and those related human experiences, changing social conditions and governmental attitudes which accompanied the growth of a national travel system . eight oftruck and wheels, and the friction of wheels on sub-merged rails would retard the progress of the boat, ifmotive power was imparted to paddles alone. In prac-tise the laying, maintaining and repairing of such a trackwould not be possible. River bottoms do not lend them-selves to such a method of transportation. In deep waterthe wooden hull would either float the wheels ofif thetrack or else the wheeled underbody Would pull the hulldown, with unpleasant consequences to crew and passen- ,,,^The same idea was suggested for railroad locomotives 3 half century afterward When the early lithographer made the picture reproduced in this work he showed the smoke-stacli elbow pomted forward! Doubtless the whole stack had been twisted around 2 With the wheels inside the truck, as some early railway engines and cars were first •The Democrat. 262 A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA Fiichs iasi MiKlc!ff)l k Kivi-r Sit>ain I ntjmc intlic IlissiSsioTi i)f U»IfiCdiililc Iv I-St Ijiturs. L 71.—Last known handiwork of Fitch, made in Kentucky a short time before hisdeath, in 1798. The model of a steam-engine is of brass and has a truckand flanged wheels to enable it to run on rails. If it operated successfullyit was a miniature steam railway locomotive. When in possession of theSt. Louis Mercantile Library, in 1854, the model was considered to be thatof a steamboat engine. gers. In short, the suggestion that the model underconsideration was designed as a practical applianc
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