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Railways
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The “rocket”A long time ago in 1829 two brothers George and Robert Stephenson built a locomotive called the rocket! It was capable of pulling a small train at the unheard speed of 39 kilometers per hour. They had built something that had never been able to travel so fast.
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Steam Engine The steam engine was a great Invention created by Thomas Savery. They were used for shipping cargo to build buildings or other things.
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Dangerous job
Building the railways was a very dangerous job and many people died doing it. The guys who did the job got very little pay. So not very many people wanted to build the railways.
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How it helped the Industrial Revolution
• It helped the industrial revolution by having trains going all over the place bringing cargo and food for people in Europe.