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The First Windmill
Windmills have been used since about 200 AD so I cannot really put that in the time boxs. They were used in China to produce energy to make fires and turn on lights as time progressed. -
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The History of Energy
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The Street Light
The street light was lite by gas that was made by coal in Maryland. It was then a month later that they were lined down the street. -
Petroleum was First Exported to Europe
The shipment departed from Philadelphia, Penn., and arrived at the Victoria Docks in London, England -
The first U.S. Hydroelectric Power Plant
It was built on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. This plant powered two paper mills and one home. -
The frist Geothermal Power Plant
Prince Piero Ginori Conti invented the first geothermal power plant, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy.
Please pay no attention to the day and the month it did not say. -
The first Self-Sustaining Nulear Chain Reaction
It was demonstrated by Enrico Fermi and his staff at the University of Chicago. The chain reaction makes possible the development of the atomic bomb, the first of which was exploded at Alamogordo, New Mexico, -
The First Earth Day
It was founded by Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes. -
The First Solar-Cell Power Plant
It was dedicated at Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah. The plant supplied electrical current for staff residences, maintenance facilities, a water sanitation system and a visitors -
The first electric fire alarm system,
It invented by William Channing of Boston, Mass. Boston was first to use this system. -
The first patent for an "electrical motor" for a printing press
It was issued to Thomas Davenport of Brandon, Vt. The engine weighed less than 100 pounds and operated a rotary printing press.
