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History of Transportation
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The Bridgewater Canal Opens
This was a way for trades man to get around easier -
Arkwright
Arkwright makes a water powered weft (the crosswise threads on a loom that are passed over and under the warp threads to make cloth, in weaving) -
Bridge water canal extanded
The Bridgewater Canal extended to the Mersey, connecting to Liverpool. The success starts canal construction -
James Watt's Steam Engine
James Watt successfully perfected the steam engine. -
Spinning Mule Developed
Samuel Crompton created a hybrid machine to meet the needs of factories in the industrial revolution it was able to spin more yam then ever -
Grand Trunk Canal
The Grand Trunk Canal establishes an England route connecting Mersey and Trent to the industrial Midlands and to the port of Bristol, Liverpool and Hull -
The hot air balloon and the hydrogen balloon are invented
Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes take a trip in the first Montgolfier hot-air balloon. Jacques Alexandre César Charles and M.N. Robert fly in a hydrogen balloon. -
Thames-Severn Canal
This canal links with the Bristol Channel -
Thomas Telford's Two Great Iron Aqueducts
Thomas Telford makes two great iron aqueducts that go over the Dee and Ceiriog valleys. (Aqueducts are man made water channels used for conveying water, usually in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap's.) -
First Successful Steam Boat
Robert Fulton constructed the first successful steam boat. -
The First Steam Locomotive
Robert Trevithick demonstrates the first steam locomotive -
Faraday's Demonstration
Faraday demonstrates electro-magnetic rotation, the idea of the electric motor. -
Caledonian Ship Canal
Caledonia Ship Canal cuts through Scotland via the Great Glen. -
Marc Brunel Invention
Marc makes a tunneling shield making subaqueous (existing, formed, or taking place under water.) tunneling possible. -
Berkeley Ship Canal
This canal connects Sharpness to Gloucester. -
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The railway begins it's first commercial rail services. -
Faraday Discovers Electro-Magnetic Currents
Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making it possible to make generators and electric engines. -
Brunel Builds the First Subaqueous Tunnel
The first built subaqueous tunnel was built under the Thames. -
Great Britains Ship
Great Britains Ship was the first large, iron, screw-propelled steamship in Britain -
Petrol (gasoline)
Gasoline refining first used -
Etienne Lenoir Demonstrates Gasoline Engine
He demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine -
The Brooklyn Bridge Opens
A huge suspension bridge built by father and son (Roebling's)
Huge triumph in engineering. -
Benz
Benz develops the first automobile to run on an internal, combustion engine. -
Rudolf Diesel Invents Diesel Fuel
Diesel creates diesel fuel -
First Zeppelin is Constructed
The first Zeppelin airship was designed by Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin -
Wright Brothers
The Wright brothers made four brief flights at kitty hawk in their first powered aircraft. -
First Hybrid Car
The hybrid car made in the U.S became a complete failure with no one buying it. -
Ford
Henry Ford mass-produces the model T. -
The Titanic Sinks
The titanic sank when the boat horifically crashed into an iceberg taking 1500 passengers down to the bottom with her, only 700 survived.
