Invention

  • First oil well drilled

    First oil well drilled

    George Bissel and Edwin Drake drilled the first oil wellon August 28th 1859.
  • Transcontinental railroad is complete

    Transcontinental railroad is complete

    This was a railroad connecting the east and the west.
  • Rockefeller founds Standard oil

    Rockefeller founds Standard oil

    Standard oil was a Transporting, refining, and marketing company for oil.
  • Bell patents telephone

    Bell patents telephone

    This telephone made communicating an sending news much quicker and easier. The pace of life improved.
  • First telephone in the white house

    First telephone in the white house

    president Rutherford b Hayes was the president to have that first telephone put in.
  • First lightbulb to actually work

    First lightbulb to actually work

    Edison got the first lightbulb to burn for 13.5 hours.
  • Rail roads set up the standard timezone

    Rail roads set up the standard timezone

    People needed a schedule so the trains could departure and depart on time. There where four continental time zones introduced.
  • First electrical trolly system

    First electrical trolly system

    The Richmond union passenger railway had the first working trolly system
  • Sherman antitrust act was passed

    Sherman antitrust act was passed

    This act outlawed monopolistic business practices. First messure passed by the US to prohibit trusts.
  • Carnegie steel is founded

    Carnegie steel is founded

    They primarily produced steel.
  • JP morgan formed US stee

    JP morgan formed US stee

    A couple of business where apart of this company. They eventually merged with carnegie steel.