-
Wheels were invented 5.000 years ago in Mesopotamia. They were made from solid wood. Animals pulled carts on wheels -
The first vehicle to move by istself was the steam tractor, invented in 1769 by the Frenchman Nicolas Cugnot. The steam tractor worked by pumping pistons up and down to move the wheels. -
The first steam train wais built in England in 1804 by Richard Trevithick. On 1829, George Stephenson and his son Robert won a competition to invent the fastest steam train