Transport on land

Wheels

3000 BCE

Wheels were invented 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. They were made from solid wood. animals pulled carts on wheel a thousands years later, spokes were added wich made the wheels much ligther

Steam train

1084

The first steam train was built in England in 1804 by Ritchard Trevithick and travelled at 8 kph. In 1829, Geroge Stephenson and his son Robert won a competition to invent the fastest steam train. The Stephensons Rocket could travel at 48kph.

Steam tractor

1769

The first vehicle to move by itself was the steam tractor, invented in 1769 by the Frenchman Nicolas Cugnot. The steam tractor worked by pumping pistons up and down to move the wheels. But the tractor was very heavy and unestable