Timeline of Transportation
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Type |
When? |
Description |
Still used? |
Picture |
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Walking |
Beginning of time |
Using ones legs to travel from place to place. |
Yes. |
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Train |
1350 |
A group of cars used to transport people, animals, and materials. |
Yes. |
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Horse/ camel/elephant |
56,000,000 B.C. |
To travel without using ones leg . |
Yes but mostly for entertainment |
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Carriage |
Early 1700s |
Horse drawn wagon to carry people. |
Yes |
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Steamboat |
1775 |
A steam powered engine that floats on water. |
Yes |
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Hot air balloon |
Late 1700s |
It’s a big balloon that gets filled with air and inflates. |
Yes, but for |
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Blimp |
1914 (World War I) |
A small airship that can fly through the air. |
Yes |
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Airplane |
1890 |
An engine machine that can fly through the air. |
Yes |
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Helicopter |
1784 |
An aircraft that stays in the air by two powerful wings. |
Yes |
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Space Shuttle |
1961 |
Yuri A. Gagarith went in the Sputnik first. |
Yes |
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