2.7 Honors Timeline

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  • 1st commercial coal production

    1st commercial coal production
    Richmond, Virginia

  • Streets lit with gas from coal

    Streets lit with gas from coal
    Balitmore, Maryland lights it's streets with fuel produced by coal

  • First solar power plant

    Used to heat water to drive a steam engine

  • 1st windmill to generate electricity

    1st windmill to generate electricity
    Cleveland, Ohio

  • Birth of modern oil industry

    Birth of modern oil industry
    Lucas Gusher, Texas

  • Hoover Dam is built

    Hoover Dam is built
    World's largest hydroelectric power plant

  • First Nuclear Fission Reactor

    First Nuclear Fission Reactor
    Enrico Fermi creates the first nuclear fission reactor

  • Worldwide energy shortage

    Worldwide energy shortage
    A worldwide energy shortage is caused by an oil embargo in countries that produce oil.

  • Power Cut

    Power Cut
    The world’s biggest power cut was in 2003 and was caused by a fault in a Canadian power company. It affected 50 million people by causing a black-out across the US and Canada.

  • Bush calls for greater use of alternate fuels

    Bush calls for greater use of alternate fuels