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(Image not displayed) Edgar Station, Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
, MA
The Edger station was the first steam electric plant produced that could tolerate over 1000 psi of pressure. Initially conceived by Mr. Irving Edwin Moultrop, then Assistant…
Edison 'Jumbo' Engine-Driver Dynamo Edison 'Jumbo' Engine-Driver Dynamo
Dearborn, MI
This dynamo, connected directly to a high-speed steam engine, was one of six that produced direct current at Thomas A. Edison's electric power station at 257 Pearl Street in New…
Edison with his early phonograph Edison Experimental Recording Phonograph
West Orange, NJ
Edison's simple and unprecedented instrument allowed for the first time the permanent recording and reproduction of sound, especially the human voice. On December 6, 1877, Edison…
Eglin Air Force Base Eglin Air Force Base
Valparaiso, FL
Established in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base, the base supported the U.S. Army Air Corps, the predecessor to the U.S. Air Force, as its primary facility for…
Eiffel Drop Test Machine and Wind Tunnel Eiffel Drop Test Machine and Wind Tunnel
Paris,
Late in life, the renowned structural engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) embarked on aeronautical research. Reliable data and repeatable research methods were rare in the early…
Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
Paris,
The Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution. Of the 700 proposals submitted in a design…
El Camino Real (The Royal Road) Eastern Branch El Camino Real (The Royal Road) Eastern Branch
San Antonio, TX
Historically, a camino real (Royal Road) is defined as a road that connects Spanish capital with Spanish capital, a distinction not shared with roads connecting ordinary Spanish…
El Camino Real - The Royal Road El Camino Real - The Royal Road
Mexico City to Santa Fe, NM
El Camino Real (literally, "the royal road") is the oldest and longest historical trail in the Western Hemisphere. The transportation link has, through the centuries, been called…
Electric Fire Alarm System Electric Fire Alarm System
Boston, MA
On 28 April 1852 the first municipal electric fire alarm system using call boxes with automatic signaling to indicate the location of a fire was placed into operation in Boston.…
Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches
Brevard County, FL
The demonstrated success in space flight is the result of electronic technology developed at Cape Canaveral, the J. F. Kennedy Space Center, and other sites. A wide variety of…
Elephant Butte Dam Elephant Butte Dam
Truth or Consequences, NM
One of the first major efforts to increase farming and encourage habitation in the arid regions of the western United States, the Rio Grande Project was designed to provide…
Ellicott's Stone Ellicott's Stone
Bucks, AL
The stone was set by the joint U.S.-Spanish survey party on April 10, 1799.  Made of sandstone, it is roughly two feet high and eight inches thick. On the north side of the stone…
Embudo, New Mexico Stream Gauging Station Embudo, New Mexico Stream Gauging Station
Embudo, NM
A tiny village on the Rio Grande River in northern New Mexico became the training center for the first American hydrographers and provided the first stream-gauging operations of…
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
Philadelphia, PA
A major advance in the history of computing occurred at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946 when engineers put the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) into…
Erie Canal Erie Canal
, NY
In its day, the famous Erie Canal was the world's longest canal and America's greatest engineering feat. It was the principal route for emigrants from the East and agricultural…
Evinrude Outboard Motor
Milwaukee, WI
This outboard motor, designed and built by Ole Evinrude (1877-1934) at the Evinrude Motor Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was quickly accepted by the boating public of the United…
Experimental Breeder Reactor I Experimental Breeder Reactor I
Arco, ID
At this facility on 20 December 1951 electricity was first generated from the heat produced by a sustained nuclear reaction providing steam to a turbine generator. This event…
FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center
Egg Harbor Township,
This Federal Laboratory has played a pivotal role in creating our modern air traffic control system. Established as the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center in 1958,…
Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Dredge No. 8 Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Dredge No. 8
Fairbanks, AK
This floating dredge is one of the last mammoth gold dredges in the Fairbanks Mining District that traveled an ancient stream bed, thawing the ground ahead of it and scooping up…
Fairmount Water Works Fairmount Water Works
Philadelphia, PA
At a time when steam power was finding its first uses in America, Philadelphia opened two steam pumping stations, January 1801, to lift water from the Schuylkill River and…

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