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First oil well is drilled, Pennsylvania
The first oil well to be drilled in the United States-1859 -
Transcontinental railroad is completed
The railroad connecting the east and west coast is completed on May, 10th 1869 -
Bell patents telephone
Bell patents the telephone after his first successful test in 1876 -
First telephone on White House
in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House's first telephone installed in the mansion's telegraph room -
First electric trolley line, Richmond, VA
Richmond become the First city in the union to have an electric trolley line. -
Rockefeller founds Standard Oil
In 1882 Rockefeller and his business partners found the Standard Oil Company -
Railroads set up standard time zones
Railroads set up standard time zones to offer a uniformed time schedule. -
Sherman Antitrust Act is passed
Sherman Antitrust Act is passed making monopolies illegal in the united states. -
Carnegie Steel Company is formed
In 1892 Andrew Carnegie Founds the Carnegie Steel Company rising rapidly to become one of the richest most influential Americans of the time -
J.P. Morgan forms U.S. Steel
J.P. Morgan forms U.S. Steel in 1901 becoming very powerful and wealthy -
Edison perfects incandescent light bulb
Edison creates the first commercial lightbulb having a lifespan of 13.5 hours. He later extended this to about 40.
