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First Electric Plant Built by Thomas Edison in New York
Thomas Edison created the first power plant in New York. -
First windmill generating electricity
The first windmill is used to generate electricity in Ohio. -
Hover Dam is built
The Hoover Dam was one of the largest dams built during the time. The Hoover Dam used the flow or current of water to power generators inside the dam. These generators provided power for the infrastructure around the area. -
First nuclear power plant is built
Even though the plant could not power much of anything, the plant still worked. Because of this achievement, people started to work on creating more nuclear power plants. -
Three-mile island nuclear plant meltdown
The nuclear plant at Three Mile Island broke down, causing the cooling system to fail. This caused radiation to go into the atmosphere and a hydrogen bubble could have exploded and destroyed the plant causing even more radiation but the bubble did not explode.