Train

The Age of Invention

By juanma62

  • The world's first railway locomotive

    The world's first railway locomotive
    Trevithick's locomotive successfully carried 10 tons of iron, 5 wagons and 70 men the full distance in 4 hours and 5 minutes, an average speed of nearly 5 mph (8.0 km/h).[

  • Robert Fulton's steamboat

    Robert Fulton's steamboat
    Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River.

  • Opening of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway

    Opening of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway

  • Telephone invented

    Telephone invented
    Alexander Graham Bell successfully tested the first telephone.

  • Phonograph invented

    Phonograph invented
    Thomas Edison applied for a patent for his phonograph.