transportation

By cummins4500

  • Morgan Morgan

    Morgan Morgan helped plan amd build the first public road in western Virginia

  • Robert Harper

    Robert Harper began operating a ferry across the Potomac River

  • James Rumsey

    James Rumsey launched his steam-powered boat on the potomac river

  • James river & Kanawha Turnpike

    James river & Kanawha Turnpike reached the Kanawha Valley

  • First ocean-going ship

    The First ocean-going ship was built at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania

  • George Stephenson

    Englishman George Stephenson built a steam locomotive

  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton demonstrated his steamboat, the Clermont, on a trip from New York to Albany

  • New Orleans

    The New Orleans, the first steamboat to travel on the Ohio & mississippi rivers, was launched

  • Enterprise

    The Enterprise was the first steamboat to make a trip upstream from New Orleans to Louisville

  • National Road

    The national road was completed from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheelings.

  • First steam locomotive

    the first successful steam locomotive ran on the tracks in New Jersey

  • Baltimore & ohio railroad

    construction of the Baltimore & ohio railroad began in western Virginia

  • Tom Thumb

    The steam engine Tom Thumb raced a stagecoach

  • Horizontal boiler

    The first Horizontal boiler locomotive was built in America

  • Northwestern Turnpike

    The Northwestern Turnpike was completed to Parkersburg

  • Suspension bridge

    A Suspension bridge connecting Ohio and West Virginia was built at Wheeling

  • Baltimore & Ohio railroad

    The Baltimore & Ohio railroad reached wheeling