Between 17, at the close of the French and Indian War (1756–1763), a gravity railroad ( mechanized tramway) called Montresor's Tramway was built by British military engineers up the steep riverside terrain near the Niagara River waterfall's escarpment at the Niagara Portage (which the local Senecas called "Crawl on All Fours.") in Lewiston, New York. A railroad was reportedly used in the construction of the French fortress at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in New France (now Canada) in 1720. Wooden railroads, called wagonways, were built in the United States starting from the 1720s. Railroad and train-related history of the United States The first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869
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