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5000 BCE
Solid wheel cart
It was invented in Central Asia / Middle East. The mesopotamians. Wheel were made of solid wood. -
Steam tractor
Nicolas Cugnot invented the Cugnot's Steam Tractor. The tractor worked by pumping pistons up and down to move the wheels. But the tractor was very heavy and unstable. -
Stephenson's rocket
It was built in England by Richard Trevithick and travelled at 8 kph. In 1829, George Stephenson and his son Robert won a competition to invent the fastest steam train. The Stephensons Rocket could travel 48 kph.