Question

Which answer best describes an advantage of shipping goods by canal? Most towns would rather have canals than noisy railroads. Goods could travel very fast downstream in the canal system. Travelling by boat is a much more relaxing way to transport goods. Heavy loads of goods could travel by boat more easily than if pulled by horses.

Answer 1

The answer is D. horses were much slower and could carry much less than shipping goods through canals via steamboat. steamboats helped deliver fresher goods and materials from a farther away place for a lower price. it helped make transportation much cheaper and helped lower the price of goods.

Answer 2

Goods will travel much faster traveling downstream in the canal system.  Take the Panama Canal for instance.  It cut down the time to sail around South america from about two months to at most a couple days.  Plz mark brainliest!!