Project
Railroads and the Making of Modern America
Office of Digital Humanities
Photo caption
Rock Island locomotive 627, photograph by William Edward Hook.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Photo caption
Rock Island locomotive 627, photograph by William Edward Hook.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Trace the growth of railroads, telegraphs, and steam ships from 1850 to 1900 and the dynamic social change they brought to America.