Transportation

  • 4004 BCE

    First Transportation

    First Transportation
    The first ever transportation was people walking by foot.
  • 4000 BCE

    Animal Transportation

    Animal Transportation
    Humans learned to use animals such as donkeys, horses and camels for transportation from 4000 BC to 3000 BC
  • 3500 BCE

    The Wheel

    The Wheel
    3,500 BC was when the wheel was invented in what is now Iraq.
  • 2700 BCE

    Egyptian ships

    Egyptian ships
    In about 2,700 BC the Egyptians began using wooden ships for trade by sea.
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    Bicyles

    The first bike ever made had a lot of curves and a big wheel in front along with a small wheel in the back.
  • The first Steam Powered car

    The first Steam Powered car
    It was made in france by William Murdoch and Richard Trevithick. They got the idea from Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot.
  • The First Trains And Railroads

    The First Trains And Railroads
    Horse drawn carriages were the first things to travel on railroads before Trains were made. Trains are made out of steel and the first train could pull up to 10 tons of iron and 70 passengers at a speed of 5mph.
  • The First Cable Car

    The First Cable Car
    Andrew Smith Hallidie tested the first cable car August 2nd, 1873, on Clay Street, in San Francisco. Hallidie partnered up to make the Clay Street Hill Railroad, they started building a cable line on Clay Street in May of 1873. The contract to operate on city streets stated the line must be operational by August 1st. They launched on August 2nd. Even though they were a day late the cable car trials received great approval. Clay Street Hill Railroad began public service on September 1st, 1873.
  • Cars in the 20th Century

    Cars in the 20th Century
    People started to make more and more cars like Nissan and Chrysler. People made their cars better and they made them much faster.
  • Cars In The 21st

    Cars In The 21st
    In the 2000s people started to make their cars faster and cooler. They now have solar powered cars like the Immortus, and flying cars that are coming out in 2020.