Steam-Powered Trains

Richard Trevithick, 1802

Advantages: long-distance travel

can carry heavy loads

travel faster than boats on water

Robert Fulton, 1807

Advantages: long-distance travel

can travel in any weather

no need for air- or animal-power

can be used for leisure/vacation

Carl Benz, 1885

Gottlieb Daimler, 1886

Henry Ford, 1908

Advantages: long-distance travel

can go where water & trains won’t take you

inexpensive (for ordinary people to use)

Wilbur and Orville Wright, 1903

Advantages: long-distance travel

travels the globe

can transport many goods

can fight wars

Thomas Edison, 1879

Advantages: life became easier

provides light without fire

lengthens working day

Samuel Morse, 1837

Advantages: communication over great distances

faster communication

business & personal communication

news traveled fast

*used Morse code

Alexander Graham Bell, 1876

Advantages: communication over great distances

faster communication

business & personal communication

*did not need Morse code

Guglielmo Marconi, 1895/Thomas Edison

Advantages: communication between ships

entertainment (music) & news

played recorded sounds