The two seaports, which had been rivals for most of the 20th century but lost ground to nearby ports in British Columbia, proposed a merger of marine cargo operations in 2014. A public development authority was created in 2015 and approved by the Federal Maritime Commission, resulting in the formation of The Northwest Seaport Alliance on August 4, 2015. (Full article...)
Image 6Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 21A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 22The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 23The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 39German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 41A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 42Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from Road transport)
Image 61Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 62An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 63The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 64Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 65First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
Image 66According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I and occasionally Kitty Hawk) was the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright brothers. The flight is recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics, as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight".
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