What Did We Do Before We Had Cars? By: Saloma Lentz

What People Used In The Beginning Horseback Horse-drawn vehicles On foot Stagecoaches (long distance) Horse-drawn carriages (Wealthy people) Horse-drawn buses (towns people)

Railway Age Began in 1825 (First passenger railway) Was for transporting raw material for factories, food for people, and transportation of people Lead to bridges and tunnels Steam, coal, and iron resulted

Railway Boom Early years of Queen Victoria rein 1840- About 1,500 miles of track 1850- More than 6,600 miles of track 1900- 22,000 miles of track Speed, safety, and comfort drastically increased

The Brougham Popular vehicle for everyday use Drawn by one horse Four wheeled Light Aristocrats and middle class people like the Brougham Lord Brougham created it, and was named after creator

The Phaeton Named after Greek sun-god, Helios Light Four wheeled Open carriage Drawn by a pair of horses More popular with the women, they used it to drive through parks

The Landau Carriage First made in a German town It was used as a status symbol, successful man Can be open or closed carriage Had a folding top

Wagons and Drays Used in the country Open vehicles Large Heavy Slow

Steamboats and Steamships Beginning of the nineteenth century

Blue Riband Competition Competition for passenger ships Great Western and Sirius made the Blue Riband Competition

Great Western Was a competitor in the Blue Riband Competition Left 4 days later than the Sirius Almost caught up to the Sirius in New York Was one day later than Sirius

Sirius Was a competitor in the Blue Riband Competition Took 18 days Crossed first Was 22 days better than average

Samuel Cunard Raced in the Blue Riband Competition 1840, raced Britannia Crossed Atlantic in 11 days and 4 hours

Britannia Raced in the Blue Riband Competition by Samuel Cunard Charles Dickens was a passenger on the Britannia Was not pleased with accommodations

Bicycles Popular in Victorian Era Baron Karl von Drais was the father of the bicycle Kirkpatrick MacMillan put cranks on rear wheel axel and connected pedals with driving rods

Baron Karl von Drais German Invented draisine/dandy horse

Kirkpatrick MacMillan British In 1840 he enhanced the bicycle

End of Victorian Period Horseless carriage (motorcars) Horse carriages became the most unpopular Bicycle also died down because of motorcars as well Walking on foot also became unpopular also because of cars Horses also became less popular since motor cars