1. Emergence of Railways: Although the first regular steam engine passenger run was inaugurated over a one-mile section on the 6.5 mile track from Canterbury to Whitstable, Kent, England, on May 3, 1830 hauled by the engine Invicta, railed tracks were used for mining purposes as early as 1550. These tracks were used at Leberthal, Alsace near the French-German border [...]
The first Indian railway was constructed in 1853; and since then this vast continent has been covered with a network of railway lines, connecting north with south, and east with west. […]
Railways, steamships and telegraph have done much to practically annihilate space, and to bring the different parts of the world into closer communication with one another. This may be very clearly illustrated by the way in which steam power has shortened the journey between England and India. […]