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    First Oil Wells

    First Oil Wells
    Oil wells are drilled in China up to 800 feet deep using bits attached to bamboo poles.

  • First coal found in US

    First coal found in US
    Coal was found by Huguenot settlers on the James River in what is now Richmond, Virginia.

  • First Coal Mine in US

    First Coal Mine in US
    In 1748, the first commercial coal production began from mines around Richmond, Virginia.

  • First Natural Gas

    First Natural Gas
    Natural Gas from a water well in Stockton, California is used to light the Stockton courthouse.

  • First Hydroelectric Dam

    First Hydroelectric Dam
    The first hydroelectric dam began operating in the United States.

  • First Solar Cell

    First Solar Cell
    Charles Fritts developes first solar cell using selenium

  • First Geothermal Power Plant

    First Geothermal Power Plant
    John D. Grant drills a well at The Geysers with the intention of generating electricity. This effort is unsuccessful, but one year later Grant meets with success across the valley at another site, and the United States' first geothermal power plant goes into operation

  • First Nuclear Reaction

    First Nuclear Reaction
    Dr. Enrico Fermi achieves the first controlled nuclear chain reaction with the first demonstration reactor.

  • First Electric Power from Atom

    First Electric Power from Atom
    An experimental reactor produces the first electric power from the atom, lighting four lightbulbs.

  • First Nuclear Power Plant

    First Nuclear Power Plant
    The first full-scale nuclear power plant at Shippingport, Pennsylvania, goes into service. Twenty-one days later it reaches full power, generating 60 megawatts of electricity.