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The first boats, made before 4000 BC, were mainly from hollowed out trees.
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The wheel was invented around 3500 BC in Mesopotamia. The first wheels were used for pottery.
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The first use of horses and other animals for transportation was spread by Egyptians.
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The first wheel spoked, horse drawn chariot were made in about 2000 BC.
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4 Wheeled stage wagons for transportation came around in the Middle Ages
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Horse-drawn carts were attached to rails for mining, or more sophisticated urban transportation.
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The first semi-successful submarine design, the Turtle, was developed and used during the American Revolution.
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The first steamboat was made in Philadelphia, PA in 1787.
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The first locomotives were invented by a man in Wales in the year 1804.
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The first cylinder gas engine was invented by Carl Benz in 1879. This would pave the way for modern cars.
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In 1903, the Wright brothers invented the first successful airplane in Virginia.
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The Model T, which was the first widely available automobile, was made by the Ford company in 1908.
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Helicopters were first invented and tried at Stanford, CN, in 1939.
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The first nuclear powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was constructed in 1952.
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Waymo, Google's self driving car, was first invented in 2005.
