Transport on Land

By Lur10
  • 3000 BCE

    Wheels

    Wheels
    Wheels were invented 5.000 years ago in Mesopotamia. They were made from solid wood. Animals pulled carts on wheels

  • Steam tractor

    Steam tractor
    The first vehicle to move by istself was the steam tractor, invented in 1769 by the Frenchman Nicolas Cugnot. The steam tractor worked by pumping pistons up and down to move the wheels.

  • Steam train

    Steam train
    The first steam train wais built in England in 1804 by Richard Trevithick. On 1829, George Stephenson and his son Robert won a competition to invent the fastest steam train