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Wheeled carts were invented and horses trained to pull the carts around
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Iron horse shoes are used to improve horse transportation
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Leonardo da Vinci designs a flying machine
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First canal opens - The Bridgwater Canal
It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester -
First self-propelled road vehicle invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot
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First hot air balloons and first practical steam paddle boat
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First passenger tram - with open carriages but smoother ride than bumpy road horse bus
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George Stephenson invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive
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The world's first electric tram line operated in Sestroretsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia, invented and tested by Fyodor Pirotsky in 1880. The second line was the Gross-Lichterfelde tramway in Lichterfelde near Berlin in Germany, which opened in 1881. It was built by Werner von Siemens who contacted Pirotsky.
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Karl Benz builds the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine
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John Boyd Dunlop of Belfast, Ireland created the pneumatic rubber tires invented
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Ferdinand Von Zeppelin invents the first successful airship - the Zeppelin
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The Wright Brothers invent and fly the first engined airplane
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Planes begin carrying passengers between London and Paris
