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Ben Franklin's Kite Experiment
In 1752, Ben Franklin proved that lightning and the spark from amber were the same thing. He also proved that lightning was electricity. -
Tom Thumb
In 1830 Peter Cooper from New York made the first steam engine , Tom Thumb, that was built in America; it orginally only went and exciting....18MPH. -
Midwest constructs windmills
The Midwest installs nearly 6 million small windmills over the next 50 yrs to operate irrigation pumps on farms. -
Thomas Edison files for the patent on his version of the incandescent lightbulb
Thomas Edison invented the first commercially practical incandescent lightbulb. -
Niagara falls' hydroelectricity plant goes online
In 1881, Niagara falls becomes the first of the American hydroelectric power sites for major generation and is still a source of electric power today. -
The Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut
The Pope Manufacturing Company builds the first 500 electric cars in the U.S. over the next 2 years. -
Hoover Dam
In the latter half of 1936 the first 3 of the dam's generators came online, starting what would later make the Hoover dam the largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world. -
Arco, Idaho
In 1951, in Arco, Idaho, the first nuclear reactor,EBR-I experimental station, was built that produced electricity. -
The Geysers, California
The first geothermal power plant in the U.S. is built, intially only producing 11 mega watts. -
Charging Station
In Portland, Oregon the first public charging station is built; it charges the Nissan Leaf in about 20-30 min with up to an 80% charge.
