Industrial+Progress

Industrial Progress
James B. Duke started a new industry in Charlotte. After that he built dams on the Catawba River. He sold the electricity to local mills at first, but then to local towns. Eventually most of North Carolina's Piedmont was powered by hydroelectricity. Industries that grew the most were the textile, tobacco, and furniture companies. This increase in mills led to more jobs for North Carolinians. The state flourished and the towns grew rapidly from all the new productivity.

Inventions

 * Inventions || Inventors || Date Invented ||
 * Velox Paper || Leo H. Baekeland || 1893 ||
 * Telephone || Alexander Graham Bell || 1876 ||
 * Braille Typewriter || Frank Haven Hall || 1892 ||
 * Russet Burbank Potato || Luther Burbank || 1871 ||
 * Cash Registers || James Ritty || 1879 ||
 * Coca-Cola || John Pemberton || 1886 ||
 * Lightbulb || Thomas Edison || 1879 ||
 * Escalator || James Reno || 1891 ||
 * Fountain Pen || Lewis E. Waterman || 1884 ||
 * Paper Clip || Johann Vaaler || 1899 ||

The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, invented the airplane. They earned their money from a bicycle repair shop they owned. Many of their profits went towards their invention. They tested the first airplane at Kittyhawk, NC, because of the ideal weather conditions, privacy, and sandy beaches for landing. Their invention has changed the world, and hugely affected World War 1's war tactics. There is a memorial at Kittyhawk where the first flight supposedly took place.

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