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Transport

By smileyfaces
  • Jan 4, 1000

    Viking Longboats get Bigger Sails

  • Feb 8, 1100

    Chinese Junk ship become warships

  • Oct 29, 1450

    3 and 4 Mast ships introduced

  • Goods are transported by pack horse

    Goods are transported by pack horse

  • Charles I allows the public to pay his messengers to carry letters

    Charles I allows the public to pay his messengers to carry letters

  • The first turnpike roads open

    The first turnpike roads open

  • Many more turnpike roads are created

    Many more turnpike roads are created

  • The Bridgwater Canal opens

  • Steamships begin crossing the English Channel

  • Ships combine Steam and Wind power

  • The first passenger railway opens

  • Horse drawn omnibuses run in London

  • First hansom cab is made in Hinckley

  • A steamship crosses the Atlantic in only 19 days

  • A network of railways are built across Britain

  • Iron ships introduced

  • First steamship travels the globe

  • First underground railway in London opens

  • The car is invented

  • First electric underground trains in London

  • Steam Turbine used on steamships

  • Trams invented

  • Coal in steamships changed to oil

  • Planes carry passengers between London and Paris

  • Electric traffic lights installed in London

  • Buses replace Trams

  • Cats eyes are invented

  • Driving Test introduced

  • 30mph Speed limit introduced

  • Zebra Crossing invented

  • Hovercraft invented

  • Nuclear Powered ships invented

  • Pelican Crossing invented

  • Lollipop men and women are introduced

  • Supertanker invented

  • Hydrofoil boats invented

  • Container Ships use huge meltal boxes to transport cargo

  • Seatbelts are Compulsory in Britain

  • Wheel clamps are Introduced

  • Speed Cameras Introduced

  • Channel Tunnel opens