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

2. 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)

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. Steamboats and Steamships
Beginning of the nineteenth century

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

11. 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

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

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

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

15. 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

16. Baron Karl von Drais
German
Invented draisine/dandy horse

17. Kirkpatrick MacMillan
British
In 1840 he enhanced the bicycle

18. 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