Transportation History Timeline

  • 3500 BCE

    Transportation in the 3500 B.C

    Fixed-wheel carts were the first wheeled vehicles
  • 770

    Transportation in the 770 A.D

    Horse shoes improved and they started riding horses
  • 1492

    Transportation in the 1492 A.D.

    Transportation in the 1492 A.D.
    Explorer's like Christopher Columbus used Caravel ships for their long ocean voyages
  • Transportation in 1769

    Transportation in 1769
    The first self-propelled road vehicle was invented and crashed
  • Transportation in the 1800's

    The only way to travel or trade goods or anything like that is the waterways. Boats, ships, sailboats, ect. are way they got things around. People could walk or the waterways because that was the only way to go. But they also walked and used their horses .
  • Transportation in 1801

    Transportation in 1801
    The steam-powered locomotive is invented
  • Transportation in the 1800's

    In 1853 the town that John Reed Hilliard designed grew around the railroad route and become known as Hilliard’s Station
  • Transportation in the 1900's

    A hundred years later they starting making railroads. So now they have railroads and waterways. The railroads routes and rivers wore always used
  • Transportation in 1908

    Transportation in 1908
    The Model T Ford is the first mass production, gas powered vehicle
  • Transportation in 1908

    Transportation in 1908
    The Wright brothers invented the first engined airplane
  • Transportation in the 1950's

    Even thought railroads were the nation's largest businesses. People stopped riding the trains and they were mostly used for freight. People started using electric trolly's to get around the city or town. Also that's when the cars came along.
  • Transportation in 1969

    Transportation in 1969
    Apollo 11 is the first manned mission to the moon
  • Transportation in 1970

    Transportation in 1970
    The "City of Everett." the first Jumbo jet put into service
  • Transportation in 2010

    Transportation in 2010
    Tat Motors of India is developing the Air Car. It runs on compressed air and is emission free
  • Transportation in 2018

    Transportation in 2018
    We have cars,air planes, jet, boats, ships, and everything else