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Electrocuting an Elephant
1903 - Electrocuting an Elephant

Topsy The Elephant

New York

What Happened Here

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John Ericsson
1903 - John Ericsson

Jonathan Scott Hartley,Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

New York City, New York, Battery Place State St

Sculpture

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NYC Underground Subway begins operating
1904 - NYC Underground Subway begins operating

New York, New York, City Hall, New York, NY 10007, USA

Transportation

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The oldest surviving motion picture
1894 - The oldest surviving motion picture

West Orange, New Jersey, 211 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA

Culture, Invention

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Remote Control invented
1898 - Remote Control invented

Nikola Tesla

New York, New York, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001, USA

Invention

Elevated pneumatic road proposed in New York City
1870 - Elevated pneumatic road proposed in New York City

Rufus Henry Gilbert

New York, New York, Battery

Transportation, Infrastructure

Turtle, The 1st one man military Submarine
1775 - Turtle, The 1st one man military Submarine

David Bushnell

New York, New York, The Battery

Invention, Military/Conflict

1st Steam Powered Fire-Engine demostrated at Castle Garden
1841 - 1st Steam Powered Fire-Engine demostrated at Castle Garden

John Ericsson

New York, New York, The Battery

Events and Stories

Invention of the Phonograph
1877 - Invention of the Phonograph

Thomas Alva Edison

Edison, New Jersey, 37 Christie St, Edison, NJ 08820, USA

Invention

Electric Tattooing Machine Invented
1891 - Electric Tattooing Machine Invented

Samuel O'Reilly

New York City, New York, 5 Chatham Square

Invention

1st transcontinental telephone call
1914 - 1st transcontinental telephone call

Alexander Graham Bell

New York, New York, 195 Broadway

Engineering

 Samuel F. B. Morse’s demonstration of the telegraph
1842 - Samuel F. B. Morse’s demonstration of the telegraph

Samuel Morse

BOWLING GREEN, New York, The Battery

Invention

1st successful Colt Revolver demonstrated at Castle Garden
1842 - 1st successful Colt Revolver demonstrated at Castle Garden

Samuel Colt

New York, New York, The Battery

Invention

Elevator safety brake demonstrated
1854 - Elevator safety brake demonstrated

Elisha Graves Otis

New York, New York, Bryant Park, New York, NY 10018, USA

Invention

Wilbur Wright flies from Governors Island to Grant's Tomb
1909 - Wilbur Wright flies from Governors Island to Grant's Tomb

Wilbur Wright

New York, New York, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA

Invention

Moving Elevated Sidewalk in NYC
1871 - Moving Elevated Sidewalk in NYC

Alfred Speer

Broadway

Transportation

Eastern Standard Time
1918 - Eastern Standard Time

Cornelius Vanderbilt

New York, New York, 89 E 42nd St

Invention

Linotype Machine invented
1884 - Linotype Machine invented

Ottmar Mergenthaler

New York City, New York, 154 Printing House Square, Nassau and Spruce Streets

Invention, Publication

1st US Patent Issued
1790 - 1st US Patent Issued

US Patent & Trademark Office,Samuel Hopkins

New York, New York, 26 Wall St, New York, NY 10005, USA

Invention

Broadway Pneumatic Underground Railway
1870 - Broadway Pneumatic Underground Railway

Alfred Ely Beach

New York City, New York, Broadway at City Hall

Transportation

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