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Methods of moving people, goods or animals from one place to another, usually on large distance.

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Transatlantic Zeppelin trips usually took > 100 hours. How did they stock enough food, and w...

Never look at history with your own 'modern' perceptions! In those days there were only 2 ways to cross the Atlantic: by ship or by zeppelin. A ship took longer than a zeppelin. Everybody crossed by s …
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Why did the steam locomotive take so long?

That made transportation of coal and iron ore much cheaper. With that now cheaper and more plentiful steel, economically affordable rails could be build. …
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How did passengers keep warm on sail ships?

Trans-Atlantic passenger travel was not very popular until the advent of the steamer, and yet men and women crossed the ocean periodically, including the affluent. Trans-Atlantic passenger travel …
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