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Invention of a machine used to create coal gasoline.
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Daniel Halladay produces the first american windmills. They were the first to utilize wooden blades.
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The first oil company created in Pennsylvania.
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The first commercially used oil well was drilled in Titusville, Pennsylvania by Colonel Edwin Drake.
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The worlds largest dam, Keokuk dam, opened.
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U.S. Geological Survey predicts that the United States only has 20 years of oil supply.
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Hover Dam begins generating power.
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The First Nuclear Reactors were invented and put into use in Europe.
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The association for applied solar energy is founded in the United States.
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The first solar cell power plant is used