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Coal begins to be commercially produced in Virginia.
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Ben Franklin discovers that lightning is electricty.
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More machines, more factories, more energy used.
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Coal becomes the primary source of energy for huge boom in railroad construction in the 1800s
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Baltimore is the first city to light street lamps with gas made from coal.
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Faraday creates the first electric motor.
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Edwin Drake collects first successful oil in PA and collects it in a bathtub.
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Edison creates the first coal-powered station for lighting houses
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The first hydroelectric plant is built in Wisconsin
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The first electric fridge!
