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Navy Builds High Tech Green Fleet by Thomas Hayes
If you were able to see America as she was back in the 1860′s, you would see a simple country where transportation was much slower and more dangerous.
A new form of transportation was spreading the country like wildfire. They called it a “railroad”.
The idea of a set of rails and wooden ties that would connect the east to the west was simply unfathomable for most, but for some it was not only possible, but profitable as well.
Communication was revolutionized also as the telegraph was invented within the same time frame. The term