Firsts in transportation history
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This document provides instructions and web links for the user to find information to complete a chart with details about transportation milestones such as the first airplane flight, public bus line, taxicabs, railroads in Costa Rica, and the world's first subway. The user is to visit the linked pages and potentially other sites to gather dates, locations, operators, and other key details requested in the chart.
Firsts in transportation history
- 1. Instructions. Here you are provided a series of web links for you to explore and complete the following chart with the missing information. You may also visit other web pages to find the information requested. Date of first airplane tryout Inventors of the flying machine 1. 2. Location of first flight Year of first bus operation Operator’s businessman Location of first bus line
- 2. First three cities to begin 1. gasoline-powered taxis and 2. years of service inauguration 3. City First documented taxi service Year Operator’s name Alajuela-to-Limón year of completion San José-to-Puntarenas year of completion Date of first electric train ride from Puntarenas to San José First city to have a subway Second city to have a subway Year of opening of service Length of train tracks Local subway’s name
- 3. First flight in history http://www.wright-house.com/wright- brothers/wrights/1903.html First known public bus line in history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus#History First gasoline-powered taxicabs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab First railroad services in Costa Rica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Costa_Rica First subway in the world http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/what- was-the-first-subway-in-the-world