Transportation By abbeywelch0 1783 First hot air balloon flight 1804 First steam engine locomotive was built 1886 First automobile was built in Germany 1895 Invention of gliders 1895 First electric mainline train between Baltimore and Ohio 1900 Electrification of railroads mainly in the Northeast US 1900 First ship that was built for luxury cruises 1903 First powered flight by the Wright brothers 1908 Ford Model T introduced 1912 The Titanic sunk which forced new safety measures to be implemented 1913 The first moving assembly line for automobiles was developed by Henry Ford 1917 First diesel-electric train 1920 Piston-engine aircraft used to transport passengers 1922 First American car with with four-wheel hydraulic breaks 1926 Power steering was introduced 1935 Flashing turn signals were introduced 1939 Air conditioning added to cars 1939 First passenger airline in the United States 1939 Diesel trains enter the mainstream in the US Period: 1939 to 1945 Cruise ships were used to transport troops in WWII 1945 Steam powered ships were replaced with diesel 1946 Steam powered locomotives are replaced with diesel-electric units 1950 Cruise control added to cars 1960 Affordable cruise ships created 1964 Bullet train invented in Japan 1966 Fuel injection systems developed 1969 Boeing creates the first airliner, called a Boeing 747, that holds 400 people 1970 Airbags added to cars 1976 First supersonic passenger service on the Concorde 1979 Highspeed TGV trains introduced in France TGV trains travel at an average speed of 132 mph, with a top speed of 186 mph 1980 Japanese cars are sold in America 1980 First mega ship was built that could hold 2,350 passengers 1986 First non stop flight around the world
TGV trains travel at an average speed of 132 mph, with a top speed of 186 mph
