Lithapo tsa sejoale-joale tsa terata li qapiloe ke Wilhelm Albert, moenjiniere oa merafo oa Lejeremane, pakeng tsa 1831 le 1834. O ile a li ntlafatsa e le hore li ka sebetsa merafong ea Harz Mountains.Thapo ena e nkile sebaka sa lithapo tsa tlhaho tse fokolang, joalo ka thapo ea hemp le thapo ea manila, le lithapo tsa tšepe tse fokolang, joalo ka thapo ea ketane.

Thapo ea Albert e ne e hahiloe ka lithapo tse 'nè tse nang le likhoele tse tharo.Ka 1840, monna oa Scotland ea bitsoang Robert Stirling Newall o ile a ntlafatsa mokhoa ona.Selemo hamorao United States, moetsi oa Amerika John A. Roebling o ile a qala ho hlahisa thapo ea terata, e reretsoeng pono ea hae ea marokho a emisitsoeng.Ho tloha moo, Maamerika a mang a thahasellang, a kang Erskine Hazard le Josiah White, a ile a sebelisa thapo ea terata meepong ea terene le ea mashala.Ba ile ba boela ba sebelisa mekhoa ea bona ea lithapo ho fana ka lithapo tsa phahamiso bakeng sa ntho e bitsoang morero oa Ashley Planes, e leng se ileng sa lumella lipalangoang tse betere le ho eketseha ha bohahlauli sebakeng seo.

Hoo e ka bang lilemo tse mashome a mabeli a metso e mehlano hamorao, morao Jeremane ka 1874, ho ile ha thehoa feme ea boenjiniere ea Adolf Bleichert & Co.Ba ile ba sebelisa thapo ea terata ho aha literempe tsa moea tsa bicable bakeng sa merafo ea Ruhr Valley.Lilemo hamorao ba ile ba haha ​​litsela tsa literene bakeng sa Wehrmacht le Lebotho la Moemphera la Jeremane.Mekhoa ea bona ea lithapo e ile ea hasana hohle Europe, eaba ba fallela USA, ba tsepamisitse maikutlo Trenton Iron Works e New Jersey.

Ho theosa le lilemo, baenjiniere le bahlahisi ba thehile lisebelisoa tsa mefuta eohle ho etsa hore thapo ea terata e be matla.Lisebelisoa tse joalo li kenyelletsa tšepe e sa hloekang, tšepe ea mohoma, terata e khanyang, masenke, tšepe ea thapo, terata ea motlakase le tse ling.Kajeno, thapo ea terata ke ntho e ka sehloohong lits'ebetsong tse ngata tse boima tsa indasteri.Hohle moo ho hlokahalang ho phahamisa mosebetsi o boima, ho na le thapo ea terata ho thusa.