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  • Railroads replaced canals in the Midwest because the canals weren’t large enough to handle a lot of cargo, unlike the Suez or Panama canals. The canals here are maybe 20ft wide, and locks were maybe 50ft long. Trying to modify them to handle more cargo would have cost tremendous amounts of money and also disable the canals while they were being worked on.

    Trains were simply able to carry significantly more cargo to their destination in less time