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Discover transportation modes from the 1900s and 1920s, from horse-drawn carriages and paddle streamers to the advancements in automobiles. Learn about the history of roads and how they adapted to accommodate the changing traffic needs.
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Transportation By: Cissy Suguitan
Transport available in 1900’s and 1920’s • Horses • Paddle streamers • Boats • Ships • Taxi Wagon
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
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.
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
Work cited • http://www.anythingaboutcars.com/historyofcars.html • http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarselectrica.htm • http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/cars/carhist.htm