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| c. 1813 |
| | | William Hedley's Puffing Billy, the first steam locomotive running on smooth rails, goes to work at Wylam colliery | |
|  | Wylam Dilly
Royal Museum of Scotland
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| 1815 |
| | | Scottish engineer John McAdam builds the first macadamized road, in the Bristol region of southwest England | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Active (later called Locomotion) is the engine on the first passenger railway, between Stockton and Darlington | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Work begins on the 363-mile Erie Canal that will link the Hudson River to Lake Erie | |
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| 1829 |
| | | The locomotive Rocket, built by George and Robert Stephenson, defeats two rivals in the Rainhill trials, near Liverpool | |
|  | Stephenson's Rocket (replica)
National Archives, Kew
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| 1830 |
| | | George Stephenson's railway between Liverpool and Manchester opens, with passengers pulled by eight locomotives based on Rocket | |
|  | Satire on the steam locomotive, c.1845
Guildhall Library
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| 1832 |
| | | The Göta canal is completed, enabling ships to cross Scandinavia from the North Sea to the Baltic | |
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| 1833 |
| | | The first long-distance US railway, in South Carolina, carries its first passengers | |
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| 1837 |
| | | The first trains run between London and Birmingham on the railway designed by Robert Stephenson | |
|  | Primrose Hill Tunnel, c.1837
Guildhall Library
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| 1838 |
| | | An Irish packet steamer, the Sirius, becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, completing the journey to New York in 19 days | |
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