Industrial Revolution transportation

steam engine

Oct 29, 1769

James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 steam engine by adding a separate condenser

First hot air balloon

Jan 1, 1783

Montgolfier brothers launched the first hot air balloon in France

First parachute

Oct 29, 1783

Louis-Sébastien Lenormand created the first parachute in France

the first lifeboat

Jan 1, 1784

Lionel Lukin create the first lifeboat

First pedal bicycle

Oct 29, 1791

Kirkpatrick Macmillan created the first pedal driven bicycle

the first steamboat with regular service

Jan 1, 1807

the first steamboat with regular passenger service was invented by Robert Fulton

Gas driven vehical

Oct 29, 1807

Isaac de Rivas invented a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine with electric ignition vehicle

first practical steam-powered railway locomotive

Jan 1, 1814

George Stephenson built the first practical steam-powered railway locomotive

Improved Railways

Jan 1, 1868

George Westinghouse invented the compressed-air brake for railway trains.

The first electric tram

Jan 1, 1880

Frank Sprague invented the first electric tram

First motorcycle

Mar 1, 1885

the first motorcycle was invented by german inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach

First car run by gas

Oct 29, 1892

The first stationary gasoline engine developed by Carl Benz

the first controllable airoplane

Jan 1, 1903

the wright brothers invented the first plan

Henry ford created

Jan 1, 1908

Henry Ford developed the assembly line mode of production.