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  2. Bus - Wikipedia

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    The first mechanically propelled omnibus appeared on the streets of London on 22 April 1833. [9] ... The first mass-produced bus model was the B-type double-decker ...

  3. Walter Hancock - Wikipedia

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    It was the first regular steam carriage service, and was the first mechanically propelled vehicle specially designed for omnibus work to be operated. During this vehicle's construction in 1832, a negligent engineer died of fright when a boiler component tore, expelling high-pressure steam in his direction.

  4. Steam bus - Wikipedia

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    By 1914 National Steam had 184, [16] but post war replacements were petrol and its last steam bus ran in London on 18 November 1919. [17] National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919. Chelmsford buses reached many other places too, but weren't successful. Crewe to Nantwich had double deckers in 1905.

  5. History of steam road vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Murdoch's model steam carriage of 1784, now in Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum. Early research on the steam engine before 1700 was closely linked to the quest for self-propelled vehicles and ships [citation needed], the first practical applications from 1712 were stationary plant working at very low pressure which entailed engines of very large dimensions.

  6. London Steam Carriage - Wikipedia

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    The London Steam Carriage was an early steam-powered road vehicle constructed by Richard Trevithick in 1803 and the world's first self-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle. Cugnot had built a steam vehicle 30 years previously, but that had been a slow-moving artillery tractor, not built to carry passengers.

  7. Timeline of transportation technology - Wikipedia

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    1809 - First stone laid of first 'guided bus' passenger wagonway Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad. 1812 – First commercially successful self-propelled engine on land was Matthew Murray's Salamanca on Middleton Railway using toothed wheels and rail.

  8. Amphibious vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The first known self-propelled amphibious vehicle, ... The buses have a Volvo chassis and carry 43 passengers. ... The first Gibbs fast amphibian is the Quadski ...

  9. Horseless carriage - Wikipedia

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    In 1803, what is said to have been the first horseless carriage was a steam-driven vehicle demonstrated in London, England, by Richard Trevithick. In the 1820s, Goldsworthy Gurney built steam-powered road vehicles. One has survived to be on display at Glasgow Museum of Transport. In the United States, a four-wheel steam carriage was made by ...