PA Early Industrial Growth and Development Chapter 4 Lesson 13 – Mountains of Pennsylvania Hinder Industrial Growth Lesson 14 – Canal Fever Lesson 15 – Steam Engine Fever, Railroads and Coal Lesson 16 – Iron and Oil Lesson 17 – Civil War Comes to PA

Vocabulary Canal System – transportation system people thought would be more effective than the Conestoga Wagon Canal – a waterway dug through the earth to connect lakes and rivers Portage – to carry or transport something over land for a distance Aqueducts – special water bridges built to carry the canal across river Locks – enclosure used in raising or lowering boats from level to level Bankrupt – having little or no money

Canal Fever – From , for a cost of more than $100,000,000, Pennsylvania built more canals than any other state – Building them nearly caused the state to go bankrupt Penn Main Line Canal – Philadelphia and Pittsburgh connection

Canal Era

Allegheny Portage Railroad – Between Hollidaysburg and Johnstown – Where canal boats were transferred from the canal to a railroad car where it was transported over the Allegheny Mountains – 36 miles long – Ran for 23 years Travel time: – Wagon – 6 weeks – Canal – 4 days

Advantages of building canals: 1.Opened the western part of state to settlement 2.Promoted rapid growth of towns along their routes 3.Provided jobs 4.Encouraged economic growth

Canals were faster and more profitable Canal Fever cost state $100,000,000 Nearly bankrupted the state building them Railroads were used in places canals could not be built ALLEGHENY PORTAGE – railroad over the Allegheny mountains – 2 sets of tracks – as one went up, the other went down – 37 miles long, taking 28 hours to go from Johnstown to Pittsburgh

Problems with Building Canals Tunnels had to be dug through hills Aqueducts built to carry the canal across rivers Dams built to supply canal with steady water Locks built to raise or lower