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| 1811 |
| | | Work begins at Cumberland in Maryland on the construction of America's National Road | |
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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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| 1816 |
| | | London's first iron bridge is completed at Vauxhall | |
|  | Vauxhall Bridge, 1820
Guildhall Library
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| c. 1819 |
| | | John Rennie completes a cast-iron bridge with the world's longest span, crossing the Thames at Vauxhall | |
|  | Southwark Bridge, by Westall, c.1828
Guildhall Library
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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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| 1826 |
| | | Scottish engineer Thomas Telford completes two suspension bridges in Wales, at Conwy and over the Menai Strait | |
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| 1827 |
| | | London's first suspension bridge opens at Hammersmith | |
|  | Hammersmith Bridge, 1828
Guildhall Library
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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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