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Dutch Windmills, 1590s
Above all, the windmill was the chief agent in land reclamation. The threat of inundation by the sea led these North Sea fishermen and farmers to attempt not only to control the water itself, but by keeping it back, to add to the land... -
Coal: Most Prominant Energy Source
The great shift in population and industry that took place in the eighteenth century was due to the introduction of coal as a source of mechanical power, to the use of new means of making that power effective - the steam engine - and to new methods of smelting and working up iron. Out of this coal and iron complex, a new civilization developed. -
First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled
During most of the 19th century, natural gas was used almost exclusively as a source of light. Without a pipeline infrastructure, it was difficult to transport the gas very far, or into homes to be used for heating or cooking. -
Coal for Trains
Coal Becomes Primary Locomotive (Train) Fuel in US, Displacing Wood -
First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Developed to Generate Electricity
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Solar Power
First Solar Power System Developed in France to Produce Steam to Drive Machinery -
Petrol in the U.S.
John D. Rockefeller Forms Standard Oil and Develops Petroleum as a Major Energy Source in the US -
Geothermal
World's First Geothermal District Heating System Built in Boise, Idaho -
Diesal Engine on Vegetable Oil
First Diesel Engine to Run on Vegetable Oil Demonstrated at World's Fair in Paris -
Hoover Dam Hydroelectricity
Hoover Dam, the World's Largest Hydroelectric Power Plant, Is Built -
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