Energy Use in the U.S.

By kmcdonnell

  • Commercial Production of Coal Begins in the U.S.

    Commercial Production of Coal Begins in the U.S.
    This occurs around Richmond, Virginia.
    *Month and day are unknown.

  • Benjamin Franklin Discovers That Lightning is Electricity

    Benjamin Franklin Discovers That Lightning is Electricity
    Article: June 10, 1753 Ben Franklin Flies A Kite

  • Streetlights in Baltimore, Maryland.

    Streetlights in Baltimore, Maryland.
    Streetlights are lit with gas made from coal. Baltimore was the first city in America to do so.

  • Edwin Drake Successfully Drills for Oil

    Edwin Drake Successfully Drills for Oil
    In Titusville, Pennsylvania.
    He stored the oil in an old bathtub.

  • Thomas Edison Makes First Public Demonstration of His Incandescent Lightbulb

    Thomas Edison Makes First Public Demonstration of His Incandescent Lightbulb
    "We will make electricity so cheap that only rich people will burn candles."

  • World's First Hydroelectric Power Plant

    World's First Hydroelectric Power Plant
    Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin.

  • First LNG Plant Built in West Virginia

    *Day and month unknown!

  • Henry Ford Invents the Ford Model T

    Henry Ford Invents the Ford Model T
    It ran on either gasoline of ethanol.

  • First Megawatt Turbine Built

    First Megawatt Turbine Built
    Grandpa's knob, Castleton, Vermont.

  • Oil Becomes Most Used Energy Source in the 1950's

    Oil Becomes Most Used Energy Source in the 1950's
    This was caused by the popularity of cars.
    *Day and month are not accurate!