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Railroads & Freight Shipping (by sea) are probably key ones to include.
by irunbackwards 14y ago
Railroads & Freight Shipping (by sea) are probably key ones to include.
- no_gravity 14y agoBoth probably evolved gradually, so it might be hard to give it an invention date.
- irunbackwards 14y agoSorry, was proposing both as one kind of. I didn't realize there was a term for it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport IIRC, this is what made it cheaper to mass produce overseas, definitely a huge impact on industry.