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Exact Date and Month unknown Scientist Joseph Henry developed the first electrical relay. This invention was used as some constructive parts of early calculators and computers.
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Exact date and month unknown Alexandre Edmond Bacquerel discovered photovoltaic effect. This is how electricity can be generated from sunlight.
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Exact date and month unknown The first oil well in the U.S. is drilled 69 feet deep in Titusville, Pennsylvania by Colonel Edwin Drake.
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Exact date and month unknown Thomas Edison conducted many experiments to find just the right materials so that the bulb can glow well and be long- lasting. Many other great inventors also contributed to the "light bulb".
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The first hydroelectric dam began operation on the Fox River, in Appleton, Wisconsin. H.J. Rogers was inspired by Thomas Edison to do this project.
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James Blyth, a Scottish academic installed one of these turbines to light his holiday home.
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Exact date and month unknown The first electricity- generating wind turbine was invented in Cleveland,Ohio by Charles F. Brush. It generated an estimate of 12 kilowatts
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Exact date and month unknown A power line was built stretching from the United States side to the Canadian side of the border.
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Exact date and month unknown The first geothermal power plant was invented by a man named Prince Piero Ginori Conti. This plant used steam to generate electric power, but the first geothermal power plant in the United
States wasn't built until 1922.
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