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Energy in the United States

By marena20

  • Ben Franklin's Famous Kite

    Ben Franklin's Famous Kite
    Supposedly, Ben Franklin flew a kite in a lightning storm and extracted sparks from it, thus proving that lightning was in fact electricity.

  • US Investment Funds First Major Oil Refineries (in Romania)

    US Investment Funds First Major Oil Refineries (in Romania)
    1856-57

  • Thomas Edison Invents Light Bulb and Generator

    Thomas Edison Invents Light Bulb and Generator
    Newpapers report the "Era of Electricity" is born.

  • Niagara Falls Hydroelectric Project

    Niagara Falls Hydroelectric Project
    The plant is designed to send electricity to Buffalo, NY. This is the beginning of long distance electrical movement from a central source.

  • Precursor to Fluorsescent Bulb Patented

    Precursor to Fluorsescent Bulb Patented
    Peter Hewitt invented the "mercury vapor light"

  • Electric Refrigerator Invented

    Electric Refrigerator Invented

  • First Nuclear Submarine

    First Nuclear Submarine
    The USS Nautilus

  • First Nuclear Power Plant

    First Nuclear Power Plant
    In Shippingport, PA on the Ohio river

  • First Successful Geothermal Plant in the US

    First Successful Geothermal Plant in the US
    Pacific Gas and Electric opened it at The Geysers in California

  • NIF Opened

    NIF Opened
    National Ignition Facility is designed to test whether nuclear fusion could possibly create more energy than was put in to start the reaction.