Go to todayilearned by • TIL almost 100 years before railroads, England’s Bridgewater Canal made it so one horse could pull 30 tons of coal, dropping the fuel price in half. It was so successful that it created a 1770’s “canal mania” starting the Industrial Revolution. #ifttt #reddit #til

Reddit - Dive into anything Go to todayilearned by • TIL almost 100 years before railroads, England’s Bridgewater Canal made it so one horse could pull 30 tons of coal, dropping the fuel price in half. It was so successful that it created a 1770’s “canal mania” starting the Industrial Revolution. Tags: ifttt, reddit, til via Pocket https://ift.tt/t2gQkFa May 17, 2023 at 06:26AM