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The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy, an English man who discovered that a carbon filament in an oxygen-free bulb glowed.
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The railroad was a ready to test its first steam engine - an American-made .steam locomotive appropriately named the "Tom Thumb" invented by George Stephenson
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The first direct current electric motor, which was used to turn machinery, was invented by William Sturgeon in 1832.
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The World's First Hydroelectric Power Plant Began Operation September 30, 1882.
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The first electric stove was invented in 1891 by an outfit called The Carpenter Heating and Manufacturing Company.
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*America's first gasoline-powered commercial car manufacturers were Charles and Frank Duryea. The brothers were bicycle makers.
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In 1902, the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier who adopted the term AC and incorporated it into the name of his company.
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1st accessible hydropower plant, that also has uses for shipping, and fish market.
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Solar panels were put up for sale, but never much looked at till the 1980's.
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Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On April 3, 1973 Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer and executive, made the first mobile.
