Technology

By Jennifer Talbert

  • The American Flag

    The American Flag
    The flag was first authorized by congress on June 14, 1777. This day is now observed as Flag Day throughout America.

  • Jail

    Jail
    The world's first jail was built in Benjamin Franklin's living room

  • roller coaster

    roller coaster
    The first American roller coaster was created in the mid 1800s. The name of the first American roller coaster is the Switchback Railway.

  • Motorcycle

    Motorcycle
    Petroleum fueled motorcycle was the Petroleum Reitwagan. It was designed and built by the German inventors

  • School Bus

    School Bus
    The first school buses where horse drawn carriages. Wayne Works was the one that made the horse drawn carriages.

  • Ferris Wheel

    Ferris Wheel
    The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 Chicago World's fair. George Washington invented the Ferris wheel in the 1890s.

  • Computer

    Computer
    Charles Babbage, an English mechanical engineer and polymath, originated the concept of a programmable computer. He conceptualized and invented the first mechanical computer in the 19th century.