Rise of Industrial America By hoops21bball Jan 1, 1860 1860's - Singer Sewing Machine Company Mass Produced Machines Jan 1, 1868 1868 - Typewriter invented by May 10, 1869 Transcontinental Railroad Completed Jan 1, 1870 1870 - JD Rockefeller established Standard Oil Company Jun 1, 1871 2,812,191 Immigrants Arrived Jan 1, 1875 Nation's Largest Steel Plant Opened Aug 10, 1876 1876 - Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell Jan 1, 1879 1879 - Cash Register was Invented by James Ritty Sep 8, 1883 Norther Pacific Railroad Completed Jan 1, 1887 American Sugar Refining Company Formed Jan 1, 1890 1890 - Morse Code was used a lot Apr 1, 1901 Formation of U.S. Steel