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	A history of St. Louis
		In 1829, Seventh Street was widened to sixty feet and Fourth Street was surveyed as far as Lombard Street.
		A new method of land transport, which later sounded the death knell of the steamboat, began to influence St. Louis in the 1850's.
		In the field of inter-city transportation, the period since the end of World War II has seen the decline of rail passenger traffic and a consequent upsurge in the rise of air and bus lines.
	www.stlouis.missouri.org /heritage/History69 (11768 words)

	Top20Baltimore.com - Your Top20Guide to Baltimore, MD. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The relatively shorter distance between Baltimore and the Caribbean colonies allowed swift transport and minimized the spoilage of flour.
		One of Baltimore's greatest moments occurred during the War of 1812 when Fort McHenry came under attack by British forces near the harbor after the British had burned Washington, D.C. Known today as the Battle of Baltimore, American forces won the decisive battles by repulsing a joint land and naval attack by the British forces.
		Baltimore is also the site of the first architectural monument honoring George Washington, a 178 foot doric column erected in 1829 and designed by Robert Mills, who later designed the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. Baltimore became an independent city in 1851, being detached from Baltimore County at that time.
	top20baltimore.com (2954 words)

	British 'Firsts'
		1801 Richard Trevithick, English engineer, constructor of the first steam road locomotive in 1801, the first to carry passengers, and the first steam engine to run on rails at the Pen-y-darren ironworks, South Wales in 1804.
		1829 George Stephenson, English engineer built the first successful steam locomotive - The Rocket.
		1919 The first car-towed caravan was made by Eccles Motor Transport.
	www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Britain/firsts.htm (6864 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		1827 1828 1829 - 1830 - 1831 1832 1833
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		June 24 - Last person put on pillory in England - Peter Bossey, in addition to 6 months in prison and seven years of penal transportation to Australia
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/1830 (772 words)

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