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1840s This is the great age of railway building. A network is built across Britain.
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1815 Steamships begin crossing the English Channel
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1819 The Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic
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1825 The first passenger railway opens
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1829 Horse drawn omnibuses run in London
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1835 The first hansom cab is made in Hinckley
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1838 A steamship crosses the Atlantic in only 19 days. The first elevated railway in built (in London).
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1847 HMS Driver becomes the first steamship to travel round the world
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1863 The first underground railway opens in London. On it carriages are pulled by steam trains.
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1885 The car is invented
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1890 The first electric underground trains run in London
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1900s Electric trams begin running in many towns
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1909 Alice Ramsey is the first woman to drive across the USA in a car
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1910 Henri Fabre flies the first successful seaplane
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1919 Planes begin carrying passengers between London and Paris