Gas Balloon The idea of air travel had interested many adventurers in Europe and North America at the beginning of the 20th century. Among those ...
Early Aeroplanes A number of Ulster inventors including Harry Ferguson, the man who later developed the famous Ferguson tractor, built small aeroplanes ...
Canals Canal transport had been important in Ulster since the middle of the 18th century. Although the development of railways had taken much ...
River Transport While most bulky goods were now moved by rail, some use of river transport continued to be made. Ever since the famine period labourers ...
Lock Gates The Lower Bann only became navigable from 1860 and this connected the North Coast to Lough Neagh. There were 5 locks on this stretch of ...
Coal Importing Coal was a vital fuel both for domestic use and in the factories and railways. Even at the end of the 19th century most of the coal was ...
Sailing Ships In spite of the development of steam-powered ships, sailing ships remained a common sight on the Irish Sea. The photograph shows a ...
Ocean Liner By 1900 the steamship had replaced the sailing ship as the main form of ocean transport. In Belfast Harland and Wolff were producing ...
Luxury Cruise For wealthy cruise passengers travelling on the great ocean liners the standard of service and accommodation had to be very high. The ...
Sales Kiosk, Portrush Station By far the greatest influence on transport in this period was the railway system. The railways gave all classes of people the ...