§6.2. Transport and communication

6.2 Transport and communication
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6.2 Transport and communication

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Transport and communication?

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Objectives
Lesson Objective:
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to explain: How inventions in the 19th century brought about a transportation and communication revolution. And what effects this had on people and society.
Language Objectives:
Reading, reading comprehension, learning to summarize, learning new historical concepts and expanding vocabulary.

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Travelling in NL around 1900


Travelling took a long time often just by foot or on horseback
Roads were not paved but dirt roads
Barge and diligence coach with a timetable
A trip from Groningen to Amsterdam took 2 days

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railroads
GB built an extensive rail network beginning in 1830.

The Netherlands began in 1839 with a railroad between Haarlem and Amsterdam 1849 extended to Rotterdam and the Amsterdam-Arnhem line.
Building was difficult due to the soft peat soil (turfgrond).
Large rivers needed railroad bridges, these came from 1860 onwards.
By 1900, a rail network had been constructed across the Netherlands

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Transport over water
Water transportation also became much better in the 19th century. Canals were dug and rivers were deepened. This allowed raw materials and products to be transported faster over water.
Maritime transport also became easier, due to the emergence of iron steamships. This also made it easier for people to travel to other parts of the world.

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Bicycles and cars 
1860: steamroller (stoomwals) 
> Roads could be paved
1888: Rubber pneumatic tire
> Bicycles became so popular, freedom for women!
First cars came on the road
Benz: car inspired by the bicycle

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consequences: 
The transportation revolution had major implications:
People from rural areas could now get to other places.
Use of trains, streetcars and bicycles
People could now travel long distances more easily
Economic: Goods were transported faster and in greater quantities, increasing the volume of trade. Perishable goods could now also be transported over greater distances.

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Communicationrevolution
- Discovery that electricity can be used to send signals through a copper wire. 1830 telegraphy. Texts with code in sound signals.

GB began construction of telegraph network
1866 Submarine cable from Europe to America
In the 1860-70s, the telephone was invented
Communications revolution better and faster way of exchanging information
Photography, gramophone, typewriter and finally the first film.

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Telefoon (1892), grammofoon (1899), schrijfmachine (1900)

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Telegraph
Instrument used to transmit messages with electrical signals over copper wire. 

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Tele-phone
In the Netherlands, Amsterdam became the first Dutch city to have a telephone network in 1881.

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Grammophone
Instrument used to reproduce sound recorded on a disc.

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Typewriter
Device that uses push buttons to put letters on paper.

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Gevolgen
The communications revolution had major implications:
- Faster dissemination of news.
- Faster dissemination of knowledge.
Emergence of mass media.
"Getting smaller" of the world.

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