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Key Historical Energy Events

By coopieh98
  • Early Man Discovers FIRE PREHISTORIC BC
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    Early Man Discovers FIRE PREHISTORIC BC

    PREHISTORIC TIME
    BC- 1000 BC
  • Wind Power Captured 1000 BC
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    Wind Power Captured 1000 BC

  • Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity

    Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity

  • 1st Natural Gas Well Dug

    1st Natural Gas Well Dug

    This well was built in 1821, but no specific month or date
  • First Oil Well Dug

    First Oil Well Dug

  • Coal Mines Major Energy Source

    Coal Mines Major Energy Source

    By the Civil war, the mines were the major source of US energy

  • Edison Builds First Power Plant

  • First Atomic Bomb

    First Atomic Bomb

  • Gas Crisis of the 70'S

    Gas Crisis of the 70'S

  • BEGINNING of Time - HEAT & LIGHT

    BEGINNING of Time - HEAT & LIGHT

    The Sun as the first heat and light source