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First Oil Well is drilled, Pennsylvania
On August 28, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. -
Transcontinental Railroad is complete
On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. -
Rockefeller founds standard oil
In 1870, Rockefeller established Standard Oil in Cleveland Ohio, which by the early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines. -
Railroads set up standard time zones
Operators of the new railroad lines needed a new time plan that would offer a uniform train schedule for departures and arrivals. Four standard time zones for the continental United States were introduced on November 18, 1883. -
Bell patents telephone
03/07/1876 - Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone. -
First Telephone on White House
In 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House's first telephone installed in the mansion s telegraph room. President Hayes embraced the new technology, though he rarely received phone calls. -
Edison perfects incandescant lightbulb
10/21/1879 – Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb. Thomas Edison's greatest challenge was the development of a practical incandescent, electric light. -
First Electric trolley line Richmond,Virginia
The Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in Richmond, Virginia, was the first practical electric trolley (tram) system, and set the pattern for most subsequent electric trolley systems around the world. It is an IEEE milestone in engineering.[1] -
Sherman Anti Trust Act is passed
he Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1–7) is a landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law (or "competition law") passed by Congress in 1890 under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison -
Carnegie Steel Company is formed
Founded by Andrew Carnegie during 1892 in Pittsburgh, PA. -
J.P Morgan Forms U.S Steel
The United States Steel Corporation more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an ... J. P. Morgan and attorney Elbert H. Gary founded U.S. Steel on March 2, 1901
