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Road and rail transportation / Harriet Williams.

By: Williams, Harriet.
Publisher: New York : Facts on File, c2004Description: 96 p. : col. ill ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0816054371.Subject(s): Roads -- History | Roads -- History -- Pictorial works | Railroads -- History | Railroads -- History -- Pictorial works | Transportation -- HistoryDDC classification: 388
Contents:
Without wheels - Inventing the wheel - Horse power - Building roads - Pedal power - The first trains - The age of steam - Modern railroads - High-speed trains - The first cars - How cars work - On track and off road - Car of the future - Time line - GLossary - Further resources - Index.
Summary: Examines the history of transportation around the world, from prehistoric times when there were not only no wheels but no shoes, to electric, hybrid cars, and the Global Positioning System.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Without wheels - Inventing the wheel - Horse power - Building roads - Pedal power - The first trains - The age of steam - Modern railroads - High-speed trains - The first cars - How cars work - On track and off road - Car of the future - Time line - GLossary - Further resources - Index.

Examines the history of transportation around the world, from prehistoric times when there were not only no wheels but no shoes, to electric, hybrid cars, and the Global Positioning System.