Energy Use in the U.S.

By eraf1039

  • Coal Usage

    Coal Usage
    30 June, 1748 - The First Use of Coal in the US

  • Industrial Revolution Begins

    Industrial Revolution Begins
    1800 - The Era of Machines begins

  • Telephone

    Telephone
    10 March, 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell uses the first telephone.

  • Invention of the Lightbulb

    Invention of the Lightbulb
    November, 1879 - Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb.

  • Coal-Fired Power Station

    Coal-Fired Power Station
    10 Febuary, 1882 - Thomas Edison creates a coal-fired power station that supplies electricity for New York City

  • The First Automobile

    The First Automobile
    1893 - Charles and Frank Duryea show off the first American automobile

  • Television

    Television
    7 September, 1927 - The first television is put on display in San Francisco.

  • Computers

    Computers
    15 February, 1946 - The first computer "ENIAC" is used for the first time.

  • Laptop Computers

    Laptop Computers
    1981 - Adam Osborne created the first laptop computer - the "Osborne 1"

  • The Moon

    The Moon
    20 July, 1989 - Neil Armstrong becomes the first man on the moon.