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Near Richmond, Virginia, commercial coal production begins.
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Ben Franklin discovers that lightening is electricity and this opens up a race to harness electricity.
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Street lights are lit in Balitimore, Maryland with gas made from coal. This was the first time a city was lit at night.
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The first electric motor is created by Michael Faraday.
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In Titusville, Pennsylvania, Edwin Drake drills for oil and is the first to be successful.
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Thomas Edison starts the first coal-fired power station in New York City, which supplied electricity for lighting households.
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Paul la Cour creates the first windmill to generate energy.
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The first liquefied natural gas plant opened in West Virginia.
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The first photovoltaic cells are invented, converting sun light into energy.
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The first nuclear power plant is opened in Shippingport, Pennsylvania.
