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The commercial procuction of coal started in Virginia in 1748.
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As steamships and steam powered railroads were becoming major forms of transportation within the United States, the Industrial Revolution was also beginning. These railroads and ships used coal to fuel their boilers.
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The first well made exlusively for producing natural gas was dug in Fredonia, New York, by William Hart, the 'father of natural gas' During this period of time, natural gas was used as a source of light, most notably in street lamps, because it was hard to transport the gas very far without a pipeline infrastructure.
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Pearl Street Station, the first central power plant in America was built by Thomas Edison to light street lamps, as well as homes and buildings by using the advamtage of grid electricity.
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Albert Einstein's first theoretical work gave researchers a better understanding of photo electricity. He brought to light...
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John D. Grant digs a geothermal well, which powered the Geyser Resort using a small direct-current genrator.
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By the time the Hoover Dam was finished being built, it produced the most hydroelectric energy in the world.
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As cars became more popular in the U.S., petroleum was becoming more neccessary.
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15 years after the first succesful test of a nuclear chain reaction, a government-owned nuclear power plant begins in Pennsylvania.
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At the competitive price set by countries exporting oil, America finds it difficult to keep up.
