Land Transportation Timeline-Mfiedler

First Locomotive

Jun 1, 1804

First locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick

Tramway

Jun 1, 1807

A lightly laid railway for such as logging or mining (the original use of a word).

Rail Transport

Jun 1, 1812

First commercially successful steam locomotive by Matthew Murray.

Paved Road

Jun 1, 1816

MacAdam published treeties desribing new method of building roads.

2 Wheel Mechanical Transport

Jun 1, 1817

First human propelled bicycle appeared.

Steam Engine

Jun 1, 1825

A locomative that produces power through a steam engine.

Electric Carriage

Jun 1, 1835

An automobile which is prepelled by an electric motor using electrical energy stored in batteries or another energy storage device.

Internal Combustion Engine

Jun 1, 1859

Jean Lenoir was a belgaine engineer who developed the internal combustion engine in 1859.

Patent granted for Karl Benz Engine

Jun 1, 1879

Karl Benz was a german engine designer and car engineer generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline engine power car.

Pneumatic Tire

Jun 1, 1887

A tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air.

First Car

Jun 1, 1893

In 1893, the first running, gasoline-powered American car was built and road-tested by the Duryea brothers of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Buick

Jun 1, 1899

Brand of automobile that originated in 1899 and taken over by James Whiting who brought in William Durant in 1904 to manage structure.

Mass Production in the U.S.

Jun 1, 1901

It began in the United States with the 1901 Oldsmobile built the American car manufacture Ransome Eli Olds.

Automatic Transmission

Jun 1, 1904

It was invented by the Sturtevant brothers of Boston.