Tag: River

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22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

22nd May 2025
Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, Boat, Engineering, Invention, Mechanical, Patent, River, Smithsonian, United States, USA

Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a river.

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26th August 1895: The world’s first major AC power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls

26th August 2024
Tagged as: Electricity, Niagara, Power, River, Science, Technology

The world’s first large-scale, alternating current power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls.