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Edward Drake drills for oil in PA using a steam engine. It generates over 56 million gallons of oil over 20 years.
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The first hydroelectric dam opens in the US near the Niagra Falls: Schoelkopf Power Station No. 1.
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First hydroelectric power plant opens in Appleton, Wiscnosin.
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The first windmill is developed in Ohio to generate electricity. Developed by Charles Brush.
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The firt offshore oil well was drilled off the coast of California.
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The first oil discovery in Texas at the Spindletop Gusher
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The Wright Brothers harness the wind and fly the first airplane at Kittyhawk, NC.
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The first wind turbines are commercially sold primarily to farmers for them to generate electricity without using gas generators.
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The Hoover Dam is completed on the border of NV and AZ. When it was built, it was the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world and hte largest producer of electricity until 1948.
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The first large-scale, commercial nuclear power plant opens in PA along the Ohio River. It closed in 1982 and was the first complete decontamination and decommissioning of a reactor in the US.
