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How did the steamboat, locomotive and clipper ships affect the development of cities across the north. What was economic impact?

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In their day, they were the fastest ships ever to have been built. They revolutionized global trade, ferrying tea from China and delivering provisions and equipment to the burgeoning settlement of Gold Rush-era San Francisco. Their owners would become some of the richest men in the United States

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