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Demologos, the first American steam-powered warship was designed and built by Robert Fulton.
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Gas Light Company of Baltimore was organized to provide coal gas for lighting city streets.
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The first locomotive in the U.S. to carry passengers, the "Tom Thumb," carried 26 passengers 13 miles over the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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The first commercially productive oil well was drilled at Titusville, Pennsylvania. Colonel Edwin Drake and E.B. Bowditch of the Otil company bored through the rock.
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The first major oil pipeline to successfully transport crude petroleum was completed by Samuel Van Syckel of Titusville, Pa.
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The Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co. created the first hydroelectric power plant.
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The first complete, self-contained electric washing machine was patented
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The first diesel automobile trip was completed.
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The first wind turbine to generate energy for an alternating current central power system was placed in service in Grandpa's Knob,
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The first solar-cell power plant was dedicated at Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah.
