1. The Rise of American Industry
Growth in industry is led by: a growth in technology
Between 1790 and 1860 U.S. Patent Office issued: 36,000 patents
(That’s 514 patents/year)
Between 1860 and 1890, the U.S. Patent Office issued: 500,000 patents
That equals: 16,667 patents /year
45.6 patents/day

2. New Technology Timeline
1858: Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company sends: Edwin L. Drake to attempt to drill and pump oil out of the ground.
Cheaper! Before- people had to wait for oil to come to the surface
Struck oil in 1859
Led to: a new age in technology due a new energy source

3. New Technology Timeline
1876: Thomas Edison becomes known as: The Wizard of Menlo Park
Builds his own: ‘invention factory’
Plan: Create a major invention every 6 months and a minor invention weekly
Wanted to create: affordable in home lighting
Needed to find: a longer lasting filament

4. New Technology Timeline
1882: Edison financed a test: run of New York City. In 1883, it becomes the first city ever to have lights at night!
1890: Power stations were set up: all across the United States leading to a new age of industry

5. New Technology Timeline
Other Electrical Developments
Lewis Latimer: develops an even longer lasting filament
George Westinghouse: develops alternating current. Edison’s light bulb was based on direct current.
Edison argued it was: not as safe as direct current.
However it: was cheaper and could travel further distances so that is what the country began to use.

6. Other Innovations Telegraph Patented by: Samuel Morse
Works off: of suspension of electrical impulses
By 1900: 69 million telegraph messages are being sent every year

7. Other Innovations Telephone Patented by: Alexander Graham Bell
Called: the talking telegraph
1878: Bell finances a test run of 21 telephones in Connecticut
1879: 1st telephone is installed in the White House
Bell symbolizes another immigrant success story
By 1900: 1.5 million telephones are in use (shows how technology overlaps!!!)

8. Other Innovations Completion of: the Transcontinental Railroad
1869: Union Pacific and Central Pacific join at Promontory Point, UT
Safety and efficiency innovations led to: greater use
Created the need for: time zones
Refrigerated railcars led to: the expansion of the food industry.
What railroads brought to industry:
Expanded: markets
Faster and more: communication
Cheaper, making: goods cheaper

9. Other Innovations Bessemer Process
1856: Henry Bessemer develops a faster and cheaper way of making steel
Made the: mass production of steel possible
Led to: a new age of building
Led to: skyscrapers and the Brooklyn Bridge
The largest bridge attempted at this time: in the entire world
Completed in: 1883
Same time as NYC was: also the first city with lights at night.