History of Land Transportation

  • first underground railway 1863

    first underground railway 1863

    The invention of the steam engine in the 18th century and its application to locomotives as a means of transportation revolutionized land communications in the 19th century.
    This railroad was considered the greatest American technological feat of the 19th century.expectantly attends the arrival of this new and revolutionary means of transport, the line being inaugurated on August 31, 1863.
  • first vehicle powered by gasoline 1896

    first vehicle powered by gasoline 1896

    However, it was in 1896, when the German engineer Gottlieb Daimler revolutionized the world of freight transportation and built the first truck with a combustion engine, dubbed the first truck in history.
  • complete vehicles between 1900 and 1940

    complete vehicles between 1900 and 1940

    The history of the automobile, in the strict sense, begins in the 17th century. The word derives from the Greek αὐτός autós, oneself, and the Latin mobilis, which moves, especially to distinguish between motor vehicles and those powered by animals. Many different types of these self-propelled vehicles were known throughout the ages. One way to classify them would be the method used for propulsion; From this point of view, the most significant were those powered by steam from the 18th century.
  • Domestication of horses

    However, a growing amount of evidence supports the hypothesis that horses began to be domesticated in the Eurasian steppes between the years 4000.
  • Wheel development

    Disc-shaped mechanical part that rotates around an axis.
    The oldest of which evidence had been found was the one used by ceramicists in ancient Mesopotamia around 3500 BC. So our ubiquitous wheel is a relatively recent invention.