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3000 BCE
When was is first used?
Early Egyptians first used Environmental Engineering to collect water through pipes -
2000 BCE
When was first waste pip made?
By the Egyptians in around 2000 because they got tired of having that stinky smell all of the time -
The first upgrade in waste pipes
They were upgraded in the 1600s to be made out of better wood -
The first mail
The first mail was created in 1639 which meant that people could send large quantities of mail to one place instead of driving at 1 time and wasting gas. -
First bridge
The first bridge was built in 1779 by Abraham Darby the third in Telford -
Then they were made even better.
They were upgraded in the 1800s because they were leaking everywhere so they needed a better material so they used metal. -
First battery
The first battery was made in 1800 which consisted of Zinc and copper plates with vinegar -
Ph levels
The first indication of ph levels were in the 1800's because they noticed that all of the fish were dying in one area and all of them were living in the other area. -
First park
In 1870 there was an area at Hot Spring Reservation that was created by congress and people were not allowed to take anything from it. -
Energy
Energy was first created in 1879 a guy named benjamin Franklin was the first guy to discover Energy -
Hydro electric energy
it was first discovered in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1882 and was able to power 1 home and 2 paper mills -
First plane
The first plane was created in 1903 by the Wright brothers which caused people to stop using cars as much, and planes back then. weren't gas powered. -
Water pollution
Water pollution is a big thing and wasn't really a big thing in 1948 but then they had a lot of oil being transported and of course that mean more oil spills which let do oil ending up in the ocean. -
Air pollution
The first "big" air pollution problem was in 1948 when an area of toxic waste created a toxic smog which went over many area and kills hundreds -
First power lines
They were used in 1952 in sweden -
The first solar energy
The first use of solar energy was used in 1954 -
Upgrade to power lines
The first upgrade to the already made power lines where made in 1965 on a Hydro-Quebec transmission line -
First phone
The first phone was created in 1973 and it was helpful to the population because that meant if people wanted to get in touch with others they didn't have to use cars to send mail to places which used gas and polluted the air -
New York
New York made its first land protected area in a park to protect the trees there from being cut down due to mass population in 1988
