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By bjs0778
  • Period: 1840 BCE to 1840 BCE

    1840s

    1840s This is the great age of railway building. A network is built across Britain.
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    1815

    1815 Steamships begin crossing the English Channel
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    1819

    1819 The Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic
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    1825

    1825 The first passenger railway opens
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    1829

    1829 Horse drawn omnibuses run in London
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    1835

    1835 The first hansom cab is made in Hinckley
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    1838

    1838 A steamship crosses the Atlantic in only 19 days. The first elevated railway in built (in London).
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    1847

    1847 HMS Driver becomes the first steamship to travel round the world
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    1863

    1863 The first underground railway opens in London. On it carriages are pulled by steam trains.
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    1885

    1885 The car is invented
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    1890

    1890 The first electric underground trains run in London
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    1900s

    1900s Electric trams begin running in many towns
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    1909

    1909 Alice Ramsey is the first woman to drive across the USA in a car
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    1910

    1910 Henri Fabre flies the first successful seaplane
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    1919

    1919 Planes begin carrying passengers between London and Paris