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Period: 1840 BCE to 1840 BCE
1840s
1840s This is the great age of railway building. A network is built across Britain. -
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1815
1815 Steamships begin crossing the English Channel -
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1819
1819 The Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic -
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1825
1825 The first passenger railway opens -
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1829
1829 Horse drawn omnibuses run in London -
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1835
1835 The first hansom cab is made in Hinckley -
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1838
1838 A steamship crosses the Atlantic in only 19 days. The first elevated railway in built (in London). -
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1847
1847 HMS Driver becomes the first steamship to travel round the world -
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1863
1863 The first underground railway opens in London. On it carriages are pulled by steam trains. -
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1885
1885 The car is invented -
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1890
1890 The first electric underground trains run in London -
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1900s
1900s Electric trams begin running in many towns -
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1909
1909 Alice Ramsey is the first woman to drive across the USA in a car -
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1910
1910 Henri Fabre flies the first successful seaplane -
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1919
1919 Planes begin carrying passengers between London and Paris