The Geography of Transport Systems Chapter 1 – Transportation and Geography Photos Copyright © , Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Economics & Geography, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA. You may use the figures within for educational purposes only. No modification or redistribution permitted. For more information:
Concept 3 Historical Evolution of Transportation
Early European Sailships
Bridgewater Canal, Manchester, 1767
Mail Coach, Great Britain, 18 th Century
Erie Canal, New York, 1829
Lockport, Along the Erie Canal, New York, circa 1900
Completion of the Transcontinental Railway, 1869
Clipper Ships
Clipper Ship “Flying Cloud”
An Early Steamship, “The Great Britain”, 1845
Telegraph Receiver, 1844
First Free Ascent of a Hot-air Balloon With Passengers, 1783
Ford T Coupelet, 1915
Assembly Line of the Ford T Model, 1913
Wright Brothers First Airplane
ULCC, Persian Gulf
Douglas DC-3, 1937
Boeing 707
Bell’s First Telephone
First Containership, Ideal-X, 1956
Ideal-X being Loaded, 1956
Loading Hawaiian Merchant, 1958
Boeing 747
Shinkansen
Maglev Train, Shanghai 2003
ULTra (Urban Light Transport) System, Cardiff, UK
Method 3 The Route Selection Process
Route Selection to Minimize Walking Time