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they built the first powered airplane
it was built in 1802
George Cayley built the first glider, Clement Ader built the first self powered airplane, and Wilbur & Orville Wright built the first self powered and controllable airplane.
France was the first country to build a steam powered ship.
In 1893 Charles and J. Frank Duryea invented the first gas-powered automobile. Surprisingly, the electric-powered car was invented before the gas powered automobile. The first electric car was built in 1874 by Edward Field.
The Wright brothers built and flew a powered aircraft in 1903. However many people still dispute that they were first to do so.
Trevithick, a british engineer built the first steam locomotive in 1804
Henry Ford built his first gasoline powered car in 1896 called the Quadricycle. He built 3 of them. The first practical gasoline automobile was built by Karl Benz of Germany in 1885.
The USS Nautilus was built in Groton, Connecticut.
The first gasoline powered car built in America was built by Charles & Frank Duryea in 1893.
The first person to build a gas engine was built by Daimler or Karl Benz.
My source is www.woonsocket.org/woonhistslater.htm This article states that the first successful water-powered mill was built in Pawtucket, RI in 1793 by Samuel Slater. Submitted by Lois Robblee