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Energy Use in the U.S.

  • Coal Usage

    Coal Usage

    30 June, 1748 - The First Use of Coal in the US
  • Industrial Revolution Begins

    Industrial Revolution Begins

    1800 - The Era of Machines begins
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    10 March, 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell uses the first telephone.
  • Invention of the Lightbulb

    Invention of the Lightbulb

    November, 1879 - Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb.
  • Coal-Fired Power Station

    Coal-Fired Power Station

    10 Febuary, 1882 - Thomas Edison creates a coal-fired power station that supplies electricity for New York City
  • The First Automobile

    The First Automobile

    1893 - Charles and Frank Duryea show off the first American automobile
  • Television

    Television

    7 September, 1927 - The first television is put on display in San Francisco.
  • Computers

    Computers

    15 February, 1946 - The first computer "ENIAC" is used for the first time.
  • Laptop Computers

    Laptop Computers

    1981 - Adam Osborne created the first laptop computer - the "Osborne 1"
  • The Moon

    The Moon

    20 July, 1989 - Neil Armstrong becomes the first man on the moon.