ENERGY IN US

By PEMMOODLECLASS

  • Commercial production of Coal starts in US

    Commercial Production of Coal starts near Richmond, Virginia. Exact date not known

  • Benjiman Franklin and the Kite

    Benjiman Franklin flies a kite in the air during a stormy day, and gets a shock from the attached key in the kite, and finds out that lightning is electricity. Exact date not listed

  • Industrial Revolution

    Changes the world from manual labor to Machine based economy. Starts with steam engines run on coal. United States north jumps on these new machines

  • Railways and coal

    Coal becomes used by the railways, and the US gets plenty of those.

  • Gas lamps from Coal

    Baltimore, Maryland. Streets have gas lamps. First city in the country to implement them.

  • Edwin Drake drills for Oil

    Edwin Drake drills for oil in Titusville, Pensylvania, and is successful. The findings are stored in a bathtub.

  • Wood as power source

    Wood is still the most popular source for both busniness and home for heating and lighting.

  • Thomas Edison Starts Coal fired Power

    Thomas Edison starts coal fired power station in NYC. Supplies electricity for several households.

  • Hydroelectricity

    The first hydroelectric dam power station opens in Wisconsin. Creates energy from moving water.

  • Model T

    The first successful car. Ran on gasoline or ethanol, and ethonal is made from grain or corn.

  • Refrigorator

    First electric refrigerator is invented.

  • Cars and Oil

    Due to car popularity, Oil becomes most used energy source

  • Photovoltaic Cells

    Photovotiac cells invented. Convert sun rays into electricity. First used by the Space Program

  • Nuclear Energy

    First commercial energy nuclear power plant.