Land Transportation

By Kekrichau
  • 4000 BCE

    Horses

    Horses
    Horse domestication took place around 4000 BCE.
  • 3500 BCE

    The Wheel

    The Wheel
    The first wheel was invented around 3500 BC and used for pottery.

  • The First Automobile

    Nicolas Joseph Cugnot attempted to adapt steam engine technology to a road vehicle. The vehicle was huge and heavy and it wouldn’t start right away. It was unsafe and not very efficient. But it had high acceleration. It had a top speed of 2.5 MPH.

  • First Locomotive

    First Locomotive
    Richard Trevithick made the first locomotive that ran on rails. George Stephenson turned locomotives into a form of mass transportation.

  • 8 Wagon Locomotive

    George Stephenson designed the the Blücher an eight wagon locomotive capable of hauling 30 tons at 4 MPH.

  • First Public Rail Line

    George Stephenson improved efficiently on his locomotive designs and built the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line.

  • First Gasoline Poewred Automobile

    Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir invented the internal combustion engine the first gasoline powered automobile. Up until the 20th century cars were not used by a lot of people. The cars cause lots of pollution and communities have to build new roads and highways.

  • Two Wheeled Steam Powered Bicycle

    Two Wheeled Steam Powered Bicycle
    Sylvester H. Roper invented the Roper Steam Velocipede two wheeled steam powered bicycle.

  • Assembly Line

    Henry Ford developed the assembly line method of building cars.
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    “Roarin’ Twenties”

    The nation’s wealth doubled and half of the American families owned cars.