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Date Innovation City State Country Society
1768-1790 First Balloon Launch Site Annonay France AIAA
1789 The Chemical Revolution - Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier Paris France ACS
1796 Hwaseong Fortress Suwon Gyeonggi-do South Korea ASCE
1757-1775 Benjamin Franklin's Work in London London England UK IEEE
1768-1790 Forth & Clyde Canal and Union Canal Glasgow UK ASCE
1779 Ironbridge Coalbrookdale-Ironbridge UK ASCE
1794 New Castle Ice Harbor New Castle DE USA ASCE
1794 Cotton Gin Savannah GA USA ASABE
1787 Portland Head Light Cape Elizabeth ME USA ASCE
1761 Bethlehem Waterworks Bethlehem PA USA ASCE
1799 Potowmack Canal and Locks Fairfax County VA USA ASCE
1751 Book "Experiments and Observations on Electricity" by Benjamin Franklin Philadelphia PA USA IEEE
1761 Sewall's Bridge York ME USA ASCE
1792 Old Cape Henry Lighthouse Virginia Beach VA USA ASCE
1794 Springfield Armory Springfield MA USA ASME
1764 Choate Bridge Ipswich MA USA ASCE
1793 U.S. Capitol Washington DC USA ASCE
1799 Ellicott's Stone Bucks AL USA ASCE
1774 Discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestly Northumberland PA USA ACS
1791-1795 Vancouver's Mapping of the West Coast of North America N/A USA ASCE
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