History of transportation

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    History of transportation

  • First Car

    First Car
    Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot builds the first steam powered car
  • Steam Powered Train

    Steam Powered Train
    First practical steam-powered train built by Richard Trevithick
  • Passeger Train

    Passeger Train
    Stockton & Darlington Railroad Company began as the first railroad to carry both goods and passengers on regular schedule.
  • Karl Benz

    Karl Benz
    Karl Benz builds the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine
  • First Airplane

    First Airplane
    Wright Flight The Wright Brothers invent and fly the first engined airplane
  • Assembly Line

    Assembly Line
    Henry Ford improves the assembly line for automobile manufacturing
  • Bullet Train

    Bullet Train
    1964- Bullet train transportation invented
  • Jumbo Jet

    Jumbo Jet
    First jumbo jet
  • Maglev

    Maglev
    Maglev SpeedFirst Maglev train was introduced.
  • Mass produced Hybrid

    Mass produced Hybrid
    Honda released the two-door Insight, the first hybrid car to hit the mass market in the United States. The Insight won numerous awards and received EPA mileage ratings of 61 mpg city and 70 mpg highway.