History of Transportation timeline

3500 BCE

First wheels on cart

Wheels were put on a cart and pulled by animals.
312 BCE

Walk Paths

Romans built pathways to walk on and they were as long as 50,000 miles.
852

Air Transportation

A gliding machine was made to fly
1620

Submarine

The first underwater way of getting around water
1783

Steamboat

First paddle wheel steamboat
1814

Railway Transportation

First steam powered railway transportation method
1879

First Car

It was powered by gas
1899

Airship

First airship was successfully made
1903

Plane

First motor driven airplane
1940

Helicopters

First modern helicopter was built
1956

Hovercraft

First hovercraft was built
1961

First Space travel

Vostok 1 traveled into space and took 2 orbits around Earth
1964

Bullet train

Bullet train transportation invented
1976

Passenger-carrying plane

First plane carrying passengers
1981

Space shuttle

First flight of the space shuttle

First wheels on cart