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Benjamin Franklin performs his famous lightning rod experiment, proving that lightning is electricity
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The first gas street lamp powered by coal is in Baltimore, Maryland
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Edwin Drake is the first person to successfully drill for oil in Pennsylvania
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The first power station in Manhattan provides light and electricity to customers
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The first hydroelectric power plant opens in Appleton, Wisconsin
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The first Ford Model T leaves the Detriot plant
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The first liquified natural gas plant opens in West Virginia
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Bell Labs publishes information about the use of solar cells for energy
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The world's first commercial nuclear power plant opens in Shippingport, Pennslyvania
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PG&E opens the first geothermal power plant at The Geysers
