How did railroads influence industrial development? railroads opened more markets, places to ship and sell products. railroads slowed progress due to the immense cost of building them. railroad companies would lay tracks only where factories already existed. railroad companies encouraged factory workers to commute to work by ra?

Railroads influenced industrial development because they opened more markets, places to ship and sell products. They allowed goods to be transported at a much faster pace, they offered fuel economy, it allowed people who were unemployed the chance to have more job opportunities and because it was the first large corporation to turn a huge profit, it led to more industrial ideas.