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Evolution of Transportation: 1900s-1920s

Explore the historical shifts in transportation from horses to automobiles in the early 20th century. Discover the advancements made in road infrastructure, vehicles, and travel safety during this transformative era.

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Evolution of Transportation: 1900s-1920s

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  1. Transportation By: Cissy Suguitan

  2. Transport available in 1900’s and 1920’s • Horses • Paddle streamers • Boats • Ships • Taxi Wagon

  3. History of roads • Roads that had been designed for horse transport began to deteriorate under increasing loads of traffic. • In 1906 local governments supplied 96% of the road funding. Roads had to be redesigned and rebuilt to accommodate automobiles. • New road rules had to be introduced • New road signs • New methods of controlling traffic

  4. Taxi wagons:Six horses were used to pull the wagon

  5. Paddle streamer

  6. 1920’s technical advances on automobiles • Cars saw many technical advances that improved the functions of the automobile. • First had mechanical brakes on all four wheels • Safety glass that did not shatter when broken was introduced in these vintage cars and helped prevent serious injury from even minor accidents.

  7. Small buggy auto mobile

  8. Automobiles before • Less reliable when it came down to traveling long distances • In some ways, it was more safe. • Glass • Thin tires [pros and cons] Compared to today • Modern Automobiles today are reliable to drive love distances. • hybrid-economical automobiles

  9. Work cited • http://www.anythingaboutcars.com/historyofcars.html • http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarselectrica.htm • http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/cars/carhist.htm

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