History of Energy

First steamboat

Jan 1, 1787

The first steamboat to see the waters of the United States was in the Deleware river in Philidelphia Pensilvania

Incandescent lightbulb hypothesized

Feb 10, 1802

Humphery Dayy said that metal strips could be heated to a point that avery strong electrical current could pass through them

First Gas company

Feb 5, 1817

In Baltimore MD, the first gas company was used to light the street lamps and to move away from coal lamps.

First Steam Locomotive With passengers

Sep 28, 1830

"Tom Thumb" was the first steam train to carry passengers. It traveled from Baltimore to Ohio, the trip lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Electrical Relay invented

Jan 1, 1835

Joseph Henery Created the first electric relay to get electricity to travel farther

First Gas lightbulb in Whitehouse

Dec 29, 1848

The first Gaslight was turned on in the White house while James K Polk was serving

Piezoelectric effect

Feb 10, 1880

Pierre Curie discovers this effect, in which an item that has pressure on it produces electricity

First American Car mass produced

Jan 1, 1913

Henery Ford starts mass producing the Model T

First Electrically Propelled Navy ship

Apr 7, 1913

The U.S.S Jupiter was the first electrically propelled boat to be commisioned by the US Navy

Hoover Dam constructed

Jan 1, 1936

The Hoover Dam, one of the US's largest hydroelectric power dams, is built on the Colorado River in Arizona