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Baron von Drais made the first bicycle in Germany.
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George Stephenson opened the first railway between Liverpool and Manchester. He built the first train, it was called Rocket and it could travel at 45kph.
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Gottlieb Daimler designed the first motorcycle.
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The first aeroplane was built by the Wright Brothers. This plane was called Kitty Hawk. It flew for the first time in the USA for just 12 seconds and travelled 36 metres.
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Henry Ford started to build good, cheap cars, like the Model T, in his factory in the USA.
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The Ford Model T, created by the Ford Motor Company five years prior, became the first automobile to be mass-produced on a moving assembly line.
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The vintage era lasted from the end of World War I (1918), through to the Wall Street Crash at the end of 1929. During this period the front-engined car came to dominate with closed bodies and standardised controls becoming the norm.For example: The Bugatti Type 35A created in 1926
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The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race, and sports cars produced between 1927 and 1954 by Alfa Romeo.
