The railways bind distance to a timetable
The Stockton & Darlington ran in 1825; by 1830 the Liverpool & Manchester — won by Stephenson's Rocket at Rainhill — showed steam rail as a business.
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The railways bind distance to a timetable
The Stockton & Darlington ran in 1825; by 1830 the Liverpool & Manchester — won by Stephenson's Rocket at Rainhill — showed steam rail as a business.
Benz drives the first automobile
Karl Benz's Patent-Motorwagen, then Bertha Benz's long-distance drive, proved a self-propelled road vehicle could work — and sell.