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The Industrial Revolution required energy derived from coal, mostly in coal powered machines that changed the use of energy up to this point.
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The first ever oil well to be drilled in the US. It was drilled in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
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Ignited by the Drake well, the first ever oil rush occured in Pennsylvainia from 1860-1870. This rush also started many more oil booms around the US, especially in Texas.
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The first ever oil company was started by John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefellr, Henry M. Flagler, and Samuel Andrews. It went on to become the US's first big monopoly
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Thomas Edison made great improvements to the idea of the incandescent light bulb and created one that worked for long periods of time.
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The first plant to incorporate hydroelectric power was Appleton Edison Light Company in Appleton, Wisconsin. The plant itself was on the Fox River and ran suprisingly well.
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The first electric train system in the US was call the "Lightning Route". It was an all electric streetcar (similar to a train car) syestem that ran throughout Montgomery, Alabama.
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The first car that was mass produced and bought by the middle class of America was the Model T, a product of Henry Ford that ran off of gasoline, kerosene, or ethanol.
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The first solar cell was deveoped at Bell Industries and were brought out of obscurity by the addition of them to the Vanguard 1 satellite.
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The first working electric car in the U.S. was designed by GM in 1990 and named "The Impact"
