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Turnpike trusts emerged in 1751. Turnpike trusts were groups of people who maintained the roads full time. Turnpike trusts were created for easier transport.
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In 1769, James Watt invented an improved version of the steam engine. The steam engine helped in the improvement of steamboat's speed and it helped in the transportation of goods from one place to another.
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David Bushnell is credited with creating the first submarine ever used in combat.It was called the Turtle because of the way it looked in the water.
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The modern parachute was invented by Louis-Sébastien Lenormand in 1783.
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Jacques Alexandre César Charles and M.N. Robert fly in a hydrogen balloon.
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Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries cross the English Channel by balloon.
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In 1787, John Fitch demonstrated the first steamboat, which had 12 paddles and was propelled by a steam engine.
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In 1787, James Rumsey built the first boat powered by jet propulsion.
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The first steam engine locomotive was invented on the 21st of February 1804 by Richard Trevithick.
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In 1804, John Stevens built a steamboat with a new high-pressure steam engine.
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In 1807, Robert Fulton's boat, the Clermont, made a journey from New York to Albany on the Hudson River. The purpose of the Clermont was to be able to carry passengers and cargo.
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The first commercially successful steam locomotive was the Salamanca. This was built by Matthew Murray in early 1812.
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In 1817, congress authorised the construction of the National Road also known as the Cumberland Road.
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In April 1817, New York authorised the construction of the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal was a 363-mile canal connecting Albany on the Hudson River with Buffalo, New York.
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In 1830, Robert Livingston Stevens designed iron t-shape rails. This allowed different types of trains to use the same tracks.
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Kirkpatrick Macmillan created the pedal driven bike in 1839
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Henri Giffard built an airship in 1852 which was powered by the first aircraft engine. This invention was unsuccessful.
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The first gas-engined motorcycle was invented by Gottlieb Daimler in 1855.
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George M. Pullman invented the Pullman Sleeping Car in 1857. The car was designed to make long train rides more bearable.
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After inventing the steam engined motorcycle Gottlieb Daimler invented a four-wheeled motorcycle.
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The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. This was was one of the first air transportation methods used during the Industrial Revolution that helped people to travel a long distance
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On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane.
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The titanic was built.
