Electricity In Homes Timeline

In 1925 only half of american houses had electrical power.

Electricity in homes timeline.

This page relates to the interactive electricity timeline a flash movie. Click here to explore the timeline for yourself. Initially electricity was used primarily for lighting. Affordable reliable electricity is fundamental to modern life.

For the next 150 years dozens of natural scientists in england europe colonial america and. The text from the timeline showing the main events in the development of electricity are shown below. William stanley develops a transformer and alternating current ac electric system. The following list of institute of electrical and electronics engineers ieee milestones represent key historical achievements in electrical and electronic engineering.

The westinghouse electric company is organized. It has been called the great enabler of modern society. 1757 1775 benjamin franklin s work in london 1799 alessandro volta s electrical battery invention. List of ieee milestones.

1751 book experiments and observations on electricity by benjamin franklin. Thanks in great part to fdr s rural electrification act of 1936 by 1945 85 percent of american homes were powered by electricity with virtually all homes having electricity by 1960. He used the windmill to charge batteries in the cellar of his home in cleveland ohio. 1893 the westinghouse electric company used an alternating current ac system to light the chicago world s fair.

Let there be light. The way we produce distribute install and use electricity and the devices it powers is the culmination of nearly 300 years of research and development efforts to understand capture and tame electricity began in the 18th century. Electricity provides clean safe light around the clock it cools our homes on hot summer days and heats many of them in winter and it quietly breathes life into the digital world we tap into with our smartphones and computers. Frank sprague builds the first american transformer and demonstrates the use of step up and step down transformers for long distance ac power transmission in great barrington massachusetts.