In modern times,lodging facility improvement proceeded in step with technology. The Industrial Revolution fostered the development of regular stagecoach service in the 18th century and railroads early in the 19th century. Both encouraged the construction of lodging establishments near stations. In America,before the ground-setting Tremont Hotel with 170 rooms was opened in Boston in 1829,most hospitality facilities were more like inn of fering a small number of rooms with an adjoining tavern serving food and drink.