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The first gas light was turned on in the white hoouse.
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William Channing invented the first electrical fire alarm
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The first oil pipeline to transport cruse petroleum was completed by Samuel Syckel.
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Alexander Grahm Bell, Elisha Grey, Phillip Reis, and Antonio Meucci have all had a piece of credit in inventing the first means of communication.
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Thomas Davenport was the first to create a patten of the "electrical motor" http://energyquest.ca.gov/time_machine/time_machine_efficiency1.php?start=16
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Geothermal energy was succesfully tested.
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The first solar power paten was submitted
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The first commercial nuclear power plant to produce energy was in Massacusets.
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This allowed the people to store the water and bring it down when energy is needed.
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supplied a continuos flow of energy for 10 years.