Electrical Power

  • Electrical Power

    Electrical Power
    In the year 1752, American inventor Benjamin Franklin had a theory that lighting seen while raining could be electrical. He found out by attaching a metal rod to the bottom of a kite, that lightning is in fact electrical.
  • Electricty Entering Homes

    Electrical power entered US homes in the 1880s however it was mostly available to the rich. Much like television, it was only to be found In a rich mans household, but it would later make its way into the middle class of Americans households.
  • Electricity becomes more accessible

    Electrical companies that install circuitry in homes had become a new occupation for men to work in.
    The Company “Duke Energy” was the first American electrical company to design and install electrical towers throughout America.
  • Electricity becomes more implimented

    Electricity becomes more implimented
    In the 1950's, electricity had already been used to power lights and air conditioning, but technology had been advancing and it grew more compatible to newer inventions. It was powering the television, radios,