Timeline of Transportation

Type

When?

Description

Still used?

Picture

Walking

Beginning of time

Using ones legs to travel from place to place.

Yes.

Train

1350

A group of cars used to transport people, animals, and materials.

Yes.

Horse/ camel/elephant

56,000,000 B.C.

To travel without using ones leg .

Yes but mostly for entertainment

Carriage

Early 1700s

Horse drawn wagon to carry people.

Yes

Steamboat

1775

A steam powered engine that floats on water.

Yes

Hot air balloon

Late 1700s

It’s a big balloon that gets filled with air and inflates.

Yes, but for

Blimp

 

1914 (World War I)

A small airship that can fly through the air.

Yes

Airplane

1890

An engine machine that can fly through the air.

Yes

Helicopter

1784

An aircraft that stays in the air by two powerful wings.

Yes

Space Shuttle

1961

Yuri A. Gagarith went in the Sputnik first.

Yes