Invention

By Eli_bystrom

  • First oil well drilled

    First oil well drilled
    George Bissel and Edwin Drake drilled the first oil wellon August 28th 1859.

  • Transcontinental railroad is complete

    Transcontinental railroad is complete
    This was a railroad connecting the east and the west.

  • Rockefeller founds Standard oil

    Rockefeller founds Standard oil
    Standard oil was a Transporting, refining, and marketing company for oil.

  • Bell patents telephone

    Bell patents telephone
    This telephone made communicating an sending news much quicker and easier. The pace of life improved.

  • First telephone in the white house

    First telephone in the white house
    president Rutherford b Hayes was the president to have that first telephone put in.

  • First lightbulb to actually work

    First lightbulb to actually work
    Edison got the first lightbulb to burn for 13.5 hours.

  • Rail roads set up the standard timezone

    Rail roads set up the standard timezone
    People needed a schedule so the trains could departure and depart on time. There where four continental time zones introduced.

  • First electrical trolly system

    First electrical trolly system
    The Richmond union passenger railway had the first working trolly system

  • Sherman antitrust act was passed

    Sherman antitrust act was passed
    This act outlawed monopolistic business practices. First messure passed by the US to prohibit trusts.

  • Carnegie steel is founded

    Carnegie steel is founded
    They primarily produced steel.

  • JP morgan formed US stee

    JP morgan formed US stee
    A couple of business where apart of this company. They eventually merged with carnegie steel.