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Transportation history

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  • Horse transport

    Horse transport
    Goods are transported by pack horse. Goods are also transported around the coast of Britain by ship.

  • Turnpike

    Turnpike
    The first turnpike roads open. Turnpikes are privately owned and maintained but you have to pay to use them. Their name comes from an old word for a gate, pike. In towns the wealthy are carried by sedan chairs.

  • Bridgewater canal

    Bridgewater canal
    The Bridgwater Canal opens. Many more canals are dug in the late 18th and early 19th century.

  • Savannah

    Savannah
    The Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.

  • Railway

    Railway
    The first passenger railway opens.

  • Steamship crosses

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

  • Electric Train

    Electric Train
    The first electric underground trains run in London

  • Passenger Plans

    Passenger Plans
    Planes begin carrying passengers between London and Paris

  • Buses

    Buses
    In most towns electric trams are replaced by buses

  • Cars

    Cars
    About 1 family in 10 in Britain owns a car

  • 32% Car

    32% Car
    About 32% of families in Britain own a car. The first electric underground trains run in London. The three point seat belt is invented.

  • Channel Tunnel

    Channel Tunnel
    The Channel Tunnel opens