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James Watt invents an improved steam engine
James Watt didn't invent it but he improved the engine apparatus on the 18th century. The people who helped to invent it were Matthew Boulton and James Watt in 1769 in the United Kingdom. Its invention is important because it was a driving force in the Industrial Revolution. -
The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
It is also called L&M and it was opened September, 9th, 1830 to connect Manchester with the Port of Liverpool and it was 56km long. The Duke of Wellington and the Austrian ambassador were involved in that. And the objective was reduce the costs of transporting raw materials and finished goods. -
Firs oil well drilled in Titusville.
It was the first oil well in America and it was drilled in Titusville, Pensilvania, in 1859. It was founded by Edwin Drake and was one of the most lucrative industries of all times. He made a well for taking the oil. Nowadays, oil is one of the most valious things. -
Siemens built the first electric train.
Werner von Siemens presented the first electric train that consisted of the locomotive and three cars and reached a speed of 13 km/h. It occured on May of 1879 in Berlin, Germany. It was sn important invention because it caused the invention of the electric railway, the subway or the high-speed train nowadays. -
Edison lights up a street in Menlo Park using incandescent light bulbs.
One important man lighted up a street in New Jersey on December, 31th, 1879. It was Thomas Alva Edison in Menlo Park, where his laboratory was. It was important because this invention caused lots of ways of having light in our lives. -
First electric street lighting in Salamanca
Salamanca wasn't really into light until 1884 when in that year, los señores de Moneo tell the town hall to put 4 electruc bulbs during the fair in Salamanca. These lights where put in the Alamedilla and it was important because, before that, the people and the city were used to use a kind of light that was defectuous. -
Karl Benz designed the world's first automobile
Karl Benz designed the first automobile on July, 3rd, 1886. It was propelled by an internal combustion engine. It was designed in Germany and it cost 600 imperial German marks. His wife financed the developlment process and it was important because it was the base for making more cars during the history. -
One of the first hydroelectric power plant inaugurated in Niagara Falls
One of the first hydroelectric power plants in Niagara Falls, was put there by Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse. It was an important event for history because it caused and started the electrification of thw world. Nowadays, these power plants are museums. -
World's first nuclear power station built in Obninsk.
The nuclear power station of Obninsk, Russia, was placed 80km away from Moscu and it was the first of history. We doesn't know who had the idea but the subsidiary was Rosenergoatom. That plant was stopped in 2002. It was important because it produced so many energy with only few components. -
Spain's first nuclear power plant
This power plant was called José Cabrera or Zorita. Some people say that it had a civil used that means that it could be use to make weapons for wars. In the history of Spain, it caused some disasters. It was put there by José María Otero de Navascués, a laboratory director. It was important because Spain could have had atomic bombs -
The world's worst nuclear accident happened at the Chernobyl plant.
It was one of the worst nuclear disasters and it happened in Ukraine. It occured because workers were trying to reduce the power and it caused a problem so it explode, probably 2 times and the radioactive materials made a giant cloud in the upper part of Europe and North America. It was important because aprox. 116000 people were evacuated and some people died.
