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Can anyone describe what a turnpike, corduroy road, national road, steamboat, and a canal is?

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Can anyone describe what a turnpike, corduroy road, national road, steamboat, and a canal is?

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-turnpike is a toll road you pay to drive on it -corduroy roads backwoods and swampy districts A road thus made presents a ribbed appearance -national roads A chain of turnpikes connecting Baltimore, Maryland to the National Road at Cumberland was completed in 1824, forming what is somewhat erroneously referred to as an eastern extension of the National Road -steamboats boats that run off of steam -canals canal an artificial channel for navigation.