Businesses Post Civil War By SwisherSweet Period: 1863 to 2017 Businesses Post civil war 1869 Steam power Pump steam powered machine was built by Thomas Savery, of England, in 1698. Thomas Savery invented a steam power pump that pumps water out of coal mines. 1888 U.S. output of steel 1913 An assembly line Introduced by Ford 1914 World War 1 1914 The Panama canal 1927 The first television 1929 The Great Depression 1936 Hoover Dam 1939 World war 2 1959 First Credit Card 1970 The start of the twin towers being built 1973 Oil crisis 1973 First mobile tellphone 1976 Apple 2001 Terrorist attack on the Twin towers
