Parowan Times | 1935-12-06 | Page 5 | Early Transportation

early transportation the conquests of rome of 0 darius of alexander the great were only made possible by the stilling sailing vessel and the cart and chariot Ma many nymore more centuries elapsed and little new in the way of transportation made its appearance early in the seventeenth century an enterprising englishman noticed that carts drawn over board filled ruts ran much smoother and with less effort than the others working on this principle he devised a set of 01 parallel wooden ralls rails mounted antles on ties leading from the mouth of a coal mint mini to tidewater thus thua the first rall railroad roal was born more than years be fore invention ot of the first steam lo 10 co motive