https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y Share your sources and notes on transport in 1900 en-us 2016-07-13 22:13:54 UTC 2016-07-13 23:54:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116370803 the first internal combustion engine was designed in 1885 ]]> 2016-07-13 23:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116370803 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116370843 http://ptv.vic.gov.au/about-ptv/victoria-s-pt-network/history/early-history-of-public-transport/]]> 2016-07-13 23:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116370843 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116370922 most people got around on horse back, or carriage. ]]> 2016-07-13 23:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116370922 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116370980 2016-07-13 23:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116370980 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371029 most people got around on  horse back, walk, boat, or carriage.]]> 2016-07-13 23:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371029 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371130 By the end of 1919, electric trains were running on the St Kilda and Port Melbourne lines, followed by the Williamstown and Fawkner lines in 1920.]]> 2016-07-13 23:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371130 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371133 The gold rush of the 1850s heralded the growth of Melbourne both as a port and as an economy. Transport became an important issue for the young colony and soon after, Australia's first locomotive-powered railway line was built in Melbourne]]> 2016-07-13 23:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371133 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371181 On 6 October 1916, electric trains made trial runs from Newmarket Station to Flemington Racecourse.]]> 2016-07-13 23:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371181 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371192 Between 1854 and 1919, steam locomotives dominated. And were very popular]]> 2016-07-13 23:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371192 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371242 The cable tram network stopped running in 1940. Apart from a few relics in the hands of private collectors, little evidence of the network's existence survives.]]> 2016-07-13 23:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371242 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371244 cars were for more rich people in the area]]> 2016-07-13 23:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371244 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371281 Electric trams returned in 1906,]]> 2016-07-13 23:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371281 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371293 By 1910, the motor car and the motor truck were a common sight in almost every city in the Western world. The horse and buggy were slowly being replaced.]]> 2016-07-13 23:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371293 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371339 In the 1890s, bicycles with proper tyres and brakes were developed. These were more comfortable and safer to ride and became very popular.]]> 2016-07-13 23:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371339 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371348 n Australia, over 4000 kilometres of railway tracks had been laid by 1890. Each capital city on the east coast was connected by railway lines and work had begun on developing suburban rail networks.

]]> 2016-07-13 23:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371348 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371351 In 1896, the Shearer brothers were responsible for building and using the first car in Australia.]]> 2016-07-13 23:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371351 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371389 By 1910, the motor car and the motor truck were a common sight in almost every city in the Western world. The horse and buggy ]]> 2016-07-13 23:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371389 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371446 In the 1890s, bicycles with proper tyres and brakes were developed. These were more comfortable and safer to ride and became very popular.]]> 2016-07-13 23:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371446 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371495 on 9 December 1909, Colin Defries took to the skies at Melbourne's Victoria Park raceway. The plane failed to stay in the air for long enough, or travel far enough, to be officially recognised, but it was the first flight undertaken in Australia by a powered aeroplane.]]> 2016-07-13 23:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371495 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371588

]]> 2016-07-13 23:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371588 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371595 Before air travel, the only way to cross the ocean was by ship. In 1900, the time taken to travel from England to Australia had been drastically reduced from about 140 days to 30 days with the invention of the steam ship]]> 2016-07-13 23:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371595 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371909 Animal power (mainly horses and bullocks) was still being used in 1900 to move people and supplies. Even today, people use all kinds of animals such as camels, dogs and elephants to transport heavy equipment and to move people]]> 2016-07-13 23:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116371909 https://padlet.com/mrbeech/ub8ubt3rv81y/wish/116372262

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