greysonwhitaker---5.8 Energy Timeline

By greyson233

  • Oil Well

    Oil Well
    Edward Drake drills for oil in PA using a steam engine. It generates over 56 million gallons of oil over 20 years.

  • 1st Hydroelectric Dam

    1st Hydroelectric Dam
    The first hydroelectric dam opens in the US near the Niagra Falls: Schoelkopf Power Station No. 1.

  • Hydroelectric power plant

    Hydroelectric power plant
    First hydroelectric power plant opens in Appleton, Wiscnosin.

  • Windmill

    Windmill
    The first windmill is developed in Ohio to generate electricity. Developed by Charles Brush.

  • Offshore drilling

    Offshore drilling
    The firt offshore oil well was drilled off the coast of California.

  • Texas Oil

    Texas Oil
    The first oil discovery in Texas at the Spindletop Gusher

  • Wind Energy

    Wind Energy
    The Wright Brothers harness the wind and fly the first airplane at Kittyhawk, NC.

  • Wind turbines

    Wind turbines
    The first wind turbines are commercially sold primarily to farmers for them to generate electricity without using gas generators.

  • Hoover Dam

    Hoover Dam
    The Hoover Dam is completed on the border of NV and AZ. When it was built, it was the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world and hte largest producer of electricity until 1948.

  • First Nuclear Power Plant

    First Nuclear Power Plant
    The first large-scale, commercial nuclear power plant opens in PA along the Ohio River. It closed in 1982 and was the first complete decontamination and decommissioning of a reactor in the US.