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10 dates that shook the world
1825 - The 'Rocket' Steam Locomotive is built
This invention marked the start of the railway age of cheap, fast land transport, providing a technical and social revolution to establish the modern age with.
The technological designs and developments help pave the way of the personal automobile, with Benz developing the first petrol driven car just 60 years later.
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