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Benjamin Franklin tied a key onto a kite during a storm and proved that static electricy and lightning were the same.
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The industrial revolution sparks a new industry.
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today
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The first oil rig similar to the ones we have today, was made in china.
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Thomas Edison invents the first incanscent light bulb.
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The first hydropower plant in America was built in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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It created electricty from the enegry of running water.
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Chareles Fritts develops the first solar cell.
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The first large windmill to generate electricy was built in cleveland.
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After four years of building the worlds largest hydroelectric power plant the Hoover dam was completed on the Colorado River in Arizona.
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First photovolatic cells that convert solar energry into electricty.
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