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Wheeled carts and horses

3500 BCE

Wheeled carts were invented and horses trained to pull the carts around

Horse Shoes

Period: 181 BCE to 234 BCE

Iron horse shoes are used to improve horse transportation

Flying Machine

1492

Leonardo da Vinci designs a flying machine

Canals

1761

First canal opens - The Bridgwater Canal
It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester

Road Vehicle

1769

First self-propelled road vehicle invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot

Balloon and steam

1783

First hot air balloons and first practical steam paddle boat

Trams pt1

1807

First passenger tram - with open carriages but smoother ride than bumpy road horse bus

Railroad

1814

George Stephenson invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive

Trams

1881

The world's first electric tram line operated in Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, invented and tested by Fyodor Pirotsky in 1880. The second line was the Gross-Lichterfelde tramway in Lichterfelde near Berlin in Germany, which opened in 1881. It was built by Werner von Siemens who contacted Pirotsky.

Benz

1885

Karl Benz builds the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine

Rubber Tiers

1889

John Boyd Dunlop of Belfast, Ireland created the pneumatic rubber tires invented

Zeppelin

1899

Ferdinand Von Zeppelin invents the first successful airship - the Zeppelin

Airplane

1903

The Wright Brothers invent and fly the first engined airplane

London and Paris

1919

Planes begin carrying passengers between London and Paris