Industry expanded. Vanderbilt was instrumental in bringing forth the second industrialization.
The Hudson River Railway and the New York Northern Railroad were eventually bought by Vanderbilt's railways and steamboats, which were merged in 1869.
Vanderbilt became capable of offering the first railway system from New York City to Chicago when he built the Lake Shore as well as Michigan Southern Railroad in 1873.
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