History of Energy in the United States

By JoJiMy

  • Coal Production Began

    Coal Production Began
    [Source]( www.netl.doe.gov)
    The first commercial coal production began from mines around Richmond, Virginia in 1748. Coal was used to manufacture shot, shell, and other war material during the Revolutionary War. Photo of Coals
    Source: http://www.theenergycollective.com/ecsjessica/278901/epa-restrictions-can-encourage-clean-coal

  • Process of Electrolysis Discovered

    [Source](www.hydrogenassociation.org)
    William Nicholson and Sir Anthony Carlisle discovered that applying electric current to water produced hydrogen and oxygen gases later termed electrolysis.

  • First Natural Gas Well in the United States

    First Natural Gas Well in the United States
    [Source](www.naturalgas.org)
    The first well to obtain natural gas in the United States. It was dug in Fredonia, New York, by William Hart. Picture of gas street lamp.
    Source: www.fossil.energy.gov

  • Standard Oil Was Born

    Standard Oil Was Born
    [Source ](www.eoearth.org)
    John D. Rockefeller Founded Standard Oil in New Jersey. Not only, he also develops Petroleum as a major energy source in the United States. Photograph of John D. Rockefeller
    Source: ohiohistorycentral.org

  • First Eletric Power Plant

    First Eletric Power Plant
    Source
    Thomas Edison built the first eletric power plant at Pearl Street Station in New York. Photo of Pearl Street Station
    Source:http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed/story/energy/early-electricity/?utm_source=pbs&utm_medium=pinterest&utm_content=americarevealed&utm_campaign=americarevealedenergy

  • First Windmill to Generate Electricity

    First Windmill to Generate Electricity
    Charles F. Brush develops the world's first windmill that can generate electricity. It was developed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888.
    Source: "Mr. Brush's Windmill Dynamo," Dec. 20, 1890 Photograph of the Brush Windmill.
    Source: www.brushwind.org

  • Hoover Dam

    Hoover Dam
    Hoover Dam is completed on the Colorado River in Arizona in 1935. The construction began in 1931. Until 1948, Hoover Dam is the largest hydroelectric producer in the world.
    Source: "What Is the Biggest Dam in the World?," www.usbr.gov Photo of Hoover Dam in Arizona.
    Source: www.centralbasin.org

  • First Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction

    First Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction
    Enrico Fermi, an Italian physicist who immigranted to the United States, and other physicissts achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction.

    Source: "History of Energy," www.fi.edu, Apr. 25, 2006 Photo of Enrico Fermi
    Source: http://www.biography.com/people/enrico-fermi-9293405

  • First Nuclear Power Reactor to Generate Electricity

    First Nuclear Power Reactor to Generate Electricity
    The first nuclear power reactor to generate electricity was built in Idaho. It was achieved by all of the staffs in Argonne National Laboratory.
    Source: "Early Argonne Reactor Lit the Future of the Nuclear Power Industry," www.anl.gov Photo of experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I) lighting four bulbs to demonstrate the first electricity generation from nuclear energy
    Source: www.anl.gov

  • First Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Begins Operation

    First Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Begins Operation
    The first commerical nuclear power plant began operating in Shippingport, Pennsylvania on December 2, 1957. This occured exactly two years later after the demonstration of the first sustained nuclear reaction by Enrico Fermi.
    Source: "Shippingport Nuclear Power Plant," www.fas.org Photograph of the Shippingport Nuclear Power Plant.
    Source: www.eoearth.org