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== Milestones By Year Dedicated And Region ==
== Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, 1891 ==


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<p>Ames, CO Dedicated July 1988 - [[IEEE Pikes Peak Section History|IEEE Pikes Peak Section]]&nbsp; [[Image:Ames Hydroelectric.jpg|thumb]] </p>


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<p>''Electricity produced here in the spring of 1891 was transmitted 2.6 miles over rugged and at times inaccessible terrain to provide power for operating the motor-driven mill at the Gold King Mine. This pioneering demonstration of the practical value of transmitting electrical power was a significant precedent in the United States for much larger plants at Niagara Falls (in 1895) and elsewhere. Electricity at Ames was generated at 3000 volts, 133 Hertz, single-phase AC, by a 100-hp [[George Westinghouse|Westinghouse]] alternator.'' </p>


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'''The plaque can be viewed at the Ames plant, on Ophir Rd., just outside of the village of Ophir, Colorado, U.S.A.'''


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<p>The gold mining industry at Telluride, Colorado was to be shut down due to the depletion of cheap steam power. All timber in the area had been cut for fuel and mining timbers. DC electric power and other forms of power transmission had proven to be ineffective for the 4.2 kilometer&nbsp;distance of transmission. AC power was judged to be the only workable solution to the economic problems of the mining industry. </p>


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<p>The Ames Hydroelectric Plant was being built during the fight between Westinghouse and Edison as to the use of AC or DC electric power. In the Summer of 1890 a generator and a motor were received from the Westinghouse Company and installed that Winter. The generator, for the power plant, and the motor for the mill, were identical single-phase alternators of 100 horsepower operated at 3,000 volts, 133 cycles per second - the largest manufactured at the time. The separately-excited generator was housed in a rough cabin near where Ames Station now stands and was belt-connected to a six-foot [[Pelton Wheel|Pelton water wheel]] under a 320-foot head. The switchboard was made of a shellacked pine sheathing. Voltmeters and ammeters of both the solenoid and gravity balance types were used and were mounted in black walnut cases with window-glass fronts. </p>


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<p>The transmission line was three miles long from the valley floor to the mine above the timberline. It was constructed of [[Western Union|Western Union]] cross-arms with insulators carrying two no. 3 bare copper wires. The cost of the wire was about US$700, being only one percent&nbsp;of the cost estimated for a direct-current line. </p>


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<p>The plant, in operation continuously, required fifteen to twenty attendants. The Ames installation was the first to generate alternating current electric power for industrial application. The entire output of the plant was used for mining. </p>
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| '''Year Dedicated'''
| '''Short Name'''
| '''Region'''
| '''Dedication #'''
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| 1977
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Vulcan_Street_Plant,_1882  Vulcan Street hydroelectric plant]
| 4
| 1
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| 1977
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Mill_Creek_No._1_Hydroelectric_Plant,_1893  Mill Creek Hydroelectric Plant]
| 6
| 2
|-
| 1982
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Alternating-Current_Electrification_of_the_New_York,_New_Haven_%26_Hartford_Railroad,_1907  Electrification of New York and New Haven Railroad]
| 1
| 3
|-
| 1984
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Stanford_Linear_Accelerator_Center,_1962  Stanford Linear Accelerator]
| 6
| 4
|-
| 1985
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Landing_of_the_Transatlantic_Cable,_1866  Landing of transatlantic telegraph]
| 7
| 5
|-
| 1985
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Reception_of_Transatlantic_Radio_Signals,_1901  Reception of transatlantic radio signals]
| 7
| 6
|-
| 1985
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Westinghouse_Atom_Smasher,_1937  Westinghouse atom smasher]
| 2
| 7
|-
| 1986
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Central_Station_in_South_Carolina,_1882  First Central station in South Carolina]
| 3
| 8
|-
| 1987
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:One-Way_Police_Radio_Communication,_1928  One-way police radio]
| 4
| 9
|-
| 1987
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Two-Way_Police_Radio_Communication,_1933  Two-way police radio]
| 1
| 10
|-
| 1987
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:FM_Police_Radio_Communication,_1940  FM police radio]
| 1
| 11
|-
| 1987
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Electronic_Numerical_Integrator_and_Computer,_1946  ENIAC]
| 2
| 12
|-
| 1988
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Demonstration_of_Practical_Telegraphy,_1838  Morse telegraph]
| 1
| 13
|-
| 1988
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Ames_Hydroelectric_Generating_Plant,_1891  Ames Hydroelectric station]
| 5
| 14
|-
| 1989
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Manufacture_of_Transistors,_1951  Manufacture of transistors]
| 2
| 15
|-
| 1990
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Transcontinental_Telegraph,_1861  Transcontinental telegraph]
| 5
| 16
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| 1990
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Adams_Hydroelectric_Generating_Plant,_1895  Adams hydroelectric plant]
| 1
| 17
|-
| 1990
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Atanasoff-Berry_Computer,_1939  Atanasoff-Berry computer]
| 4
| 18
|-
| 1990
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:MIT_Radiation_Laboratory,_1940-1945  MIT radiation lab]
| 1
| 19
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| 1991
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Shoshone_Transmission_Line,_1909  Shoshone transmission line]
| 5
| 20
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| 1992
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Richmond_Union_Passenger_Railway,_1888  Richmond Passenger railway]
| 3
| 21
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| 1992
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Alexanderson_Radio_Alternator,_1904  Alexanderson Radio alternator]
| 1
| 22
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| 1993
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Alouette-ISIS_Satellite_Program,_1962  Alouette-Isis satellite]
| 7
| 23
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| 1994
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Poulsen-Arc_Radio_Transmitter,_1902  Poulsen Arc radio transmitter]
| 8
| 24
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| 1994
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Westinghouse_Radio_Station_KDKA,_1920  KDKA radio station]
| 2
| 25
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| 1995
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Directive_Short_Wave_Antenna,_1924  Yagi antenna]
| 10
| 26
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| 1999
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Volta%27s_Electrical_Battery_Invention,_1799  Volta’s battery]
| 8
| 27
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| 1999
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Georgetown_Steam_Hydro_Generating_Plant,_1900  Georgetown steam/hydro plant]
| 5
| 28
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| 1999
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Operational_Use_Of_Wireless_Telegraphy,_1899-1902  Operational use of wireless]
| 8
| 29
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| 1999
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Merrill_Wheel-Balancing_System,_1945  Merril wheel balancing system]
| 5
| 30
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| 1999
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Wearable_Cardiac_Pacemaker,_1957-1958  First wearable cardiac pacemaker]
| 4
| 31
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| 2000
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:County_Kerry_Transatlantic_Cable_Stations,_1866  County Kerry transatlantic telegraph]
| 8
| 32
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| 2000
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Opana_Radar_Site,_1941  Opana radar]
| 6
| 33
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| 2000
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Mount_Fuji_Radar_System,_1964  Mount Fuji radar]
| 10
| 34
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| 2000
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Tokaido_Shinkansen_(Bullet_Train),_1964  Shinkansen]
| 10
| 35
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| 2001
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Chivilingo_Hydroelectric_Plant,_1897  Chivilingo hydroelectric plant]
| 9
| 36
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| 2001
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Transmission_of_Transatlantic_Radio_Signals,_1901  Transmission of transatlantic radio]
| 8
| 37
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| 2001
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Long-Range_Shortwave_Voice_Transmissions_from_Byrd%27s_Antarctic_Expedition,_1934  Byrd Antarctic shortwave]
| 4
| 38
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| 2001
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:US_Naval_Computing_Machine_Laboratory,_1942-1945  US Naval Computing lab]
| 2
| 39
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| 2001
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Monochrome-Compatible_Electronic_Color_Television,_1946-1953  Color television]
| 2
| 40
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| 2001
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:NAIC/Arecibo_Radiotelescope,_1963  Arecibo radio telescope]
| 9
| 41
|-
| 2001
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Electronic_Technology_for_Space_Rocket_Launches,_1950-1969  Electrical technology for space launches]
| 3
| 42
|-
| 2002
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Shannon_Scheme_for_the_Electrification_of_the_Irish_Free_State,_1929  Shannon electrification]
| 8
| 43
|-
| 2002
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Transmission_of_a_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962  Transatlantic Transmission of TV via Satellite (TELSTAR)]
| 1
| 44
|-
| 2002
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Reception_of_a_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962  Transatlantic reception of TV via Satellite (TELSTAR) Plumeur-Boudeau]
| 8
| 44
|-
| 2002
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Transatlantic_Television_Signal_via_Satellite,_1962  Transatlantic television by satellite (TELSTAR) Goonhilly]
| 8
| 44
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| 2002
== Map ==
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Pioneering_Work_on_the_Quartz_Electronic_Wristwatch,_1962-1967  Work on quartz wristwatch]
 
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[[Category:Energy|{{PAGENAME}}]]
| 2003
[[Category:Power_generation|{{PAGENAME}}]]
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Marconi%27s_Early_Wireless_Experiments,_1895  Marconi early wireless experiments (Salvan)]
[[Category:Hydroelectric_power_generation|{{PAGENAME}}]]
| 8
| 46
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| 2003
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Benjamin_Franklin%27s_work_in_London,_1757-1775  Franklin’s London work]
| 8
| 47
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| 2003
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Panama_Canal_Electrical_and_Control_Installations,_1914  Panama Canal electrical installations]
| 9
| 48
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| 2003
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Code-breaking_at_Bletchley_Park_during_World_War_II,_1939-1945  Bletchley Park code breaking]
| 8
| 49
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| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Electric_Fire_Alarm_System,_1852  Boston electric fire alarm]
| 1
| 50
|-
| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_IEEE_Milestones#Alternating_Current_Electrification.2C_1886_Great_Barrington.2C_MA.2C_U.S.A..2C.26nbsp.3B_Dedicated_2_October_2004_--.26nbsp.3BIEEE_Berkshire_Section.2C  Alternating Current electrification Great Barrington, MA]
| 1
| 51
|-
| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Power_System_of_Boston%27s_Rapid_Transit,_1889  Boston Rapid transit power system]
| 1
| 52
|-
| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Decew_Falls_Hydro-Electric_Plant,_1898  Decew Falls hydroelectric plant]
| 7
| 53
|-
| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Fleming_Valve,_1904  Fleming valve]
| 8
| 54
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| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I,_1951  Experimental Breeder Reactor]
| 6
| 55
|-
| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Electronic_Quartz_Wristwatch,_1969  Commercial quartz wristwatch]
| 10
| 56
|-
| 2004
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Lempel-Ziv_Data_Compression_Algorithm,_1977  Lempel-Ziv algorithm]
| 8
| 57
|-
| 2005
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Popov%27s_Contribution_to_the_Development_of_Wireless_Communication,_1895  Popov’s radio work]
| 8
| 58
|-
| 2005
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Vucje_Hydroelectric_Plant,_1903  Vucje Hydroelectric plant]
| 8
| 59
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| 2005
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:RAMAC,_1956  RAMAC]
| 6
| 60
|-
| 2005
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Taum_Sauk_Pumped-Storage_Electric_Power_Plant,_1963  Taum Sauk Pumped Storage plant]
| 5
| 61
|-
| 2005
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_735_kV_AC_Transmission_System,_1965  First 735 kV AC transmission system]
| 7
| 62
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| 2005
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:CERN_Experimental_Instrumentation,_1968  CERN instrumentation]
| 8
| 63
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| 2005
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Nelson_River_HVDC_Transmission_System,_1972  Nelson River HVDC]
| 7
| 64
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| 2005
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Pioneering_Work_on_Electronic_Calculators,_1964-1973  Pioneering work on electronic calculators]
| 10
| 65
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| 2006
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Callan%27s_Pioneering_Contributions_to_Electrical_Science_and_Technology,_1836  Callan’s Pioneering contributions]
| 8
| 66
|-
| 2006
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Intelligible_Voice_Transmission_over_Electric_Wire,_1876  First intelligible speech over wire]
| 1
| 67
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| 2006
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Thomas_Alva_Edison_Historic_Site_at_Menlo_Park,_1876  Edison site at Menlo Park]
| 1
| 68
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| 2006
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:WEIZAC_Computer,_1955  WEIZAC computer]
| 8
| 69
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| 2006
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:The_First_Submarine_Transatlantic_Telephone_Cable_System_(TAT-1),_1956  TAT-1 telephone cable (3 separate plaques)]
| 7,8
| 70
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| 2006
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Liquid_Crystal_Display,_1968  Liquid Crystal Display]
| 2
| 71
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| 2006
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Development_of_VHS,_a_World_Standard_for_Home_Video_Recording,_1976  Development of VHS]
| 10
| 72
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| 2007
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Early_Developments_in_Remote-Control,_1901  Early remote-control]
| 8
| 73
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| 2007
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Railroad_Ticketing_Examining_System,_1965-1971  Railroad ticketing examining system]
| 10
| 74
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| 2008
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Distant_Speech_Transmission_in_Canada,_1876  First distant speech transmission]
| 7
| 75
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| 2008
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Thomas_A._Edison_West_Orange_Laboratories_and_Factories,_1887  Edison Lab and Factory at West Orange]
| 1
| 76
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| 2008
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Pinawa_Hydroelectric_Power_Project,_1906  Pinawa Hydroelectric]
| 7
| 77
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| 2008
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Wireless_Radio_Broadcast_by_Reginald_A._Fessenden,_1906  Fessenden broadcast]
| 1
| 78
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| 2008
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Largest_Private_(dc)_Generating_Plant_in_the_U.S.A.,_1929  Largest DC generating plant in USA]
| 1
| 79
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| 2008
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:The_First_Word_Processor_for_the_Japanese_Language,_1971-1978  Japanese word processor]
| 10
| 80
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Yosami_Radio_Transmitting_Station,_1929  Yosami transmitting station]
| 10
| 81
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Development_of_the_HP-35,_the_First_Handheld_Scientific_Calculator,_1972  HP-35 Hand-held electronic calculator]
| 6
| 82
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Compact_Disc_Audio_Player,_1979  Compact Disc Audio Player]
| 8
| 83
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Speak_%26_Spell,_the_First_Use_of_a_Digital_Signal_Processing_IC_for_Speech_Generation,_1978  Speak and Spell]
| 5
| 84
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Development_of_Electronic_Television,_1924-1941 Japanese electronic television]
| 10
| 85
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Maxwell%27s_Equations,_1860-1871 Maxwell's equations]
| 8
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Book_%E2%80%9CExperiments_and_Observations_on_Electricity%E2%80%9D_by_Benjamin_Franklin,_1751  Franklin "Experiments and Observations" Philadelphia]
| 2
| 87
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Development_of_Ferrite_Materials_and_Their_Applications,_1930-1945  Ferrite Materials]
| 10
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Invention_of_the_First_Transistor_at_Bell_Telephone_Laboratories,_Inc.,_1947  First Transistor]
| 1
| 89
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Semiconductor_Integrated_Circuit_(IC),_1958  Semiconductor Integrated Circuit]
| 5
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:IBM_Thomas_J._Watson_Research_Center,_1960_-_1984  IBM T. J. Watson Research Lab]
| 1
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Transpacific_Reception_of_a_Television_(TV)_Signal_via_Satellite,_1963  Transpacific Reception of TV via Satellite]
| 10
| 92
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Semiconductor_Planar_Process_and_Integrated_Circuit,_1959  Planar process integrated circuit]
| 6
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Shilling%27s_Pioneering_Contribution_to_Practical_Telegraphy,_1828-1837  Shilling early telegraph work]
| 8
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_External_Cardiac_Pacemaker,_1950  First external pacemaker]
| 7
| 95
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969  Birthplace of Internet]
| 6
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| 2009
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Inception_of_the_ARPANET,_1969  Inception of ARPANET]
| 6
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| 2010
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Kurobe_River_No._4_Hydropower_Plant,_1956-63  Kurobe Hydropower Plant]
| 10
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| 2010
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Commercialization_and_Industrialization_of_Photovoltaic_Cells,_1959  Commercialization of Photovoltaic Cells]
| 10  
| 99
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| 2010
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Star_of_Laufenburg_Interconnection,_1958  Star of Laufenburg Interconnection]
| 8
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| 2010
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:TIROS-1  TIROS Satellite]
| 1
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| 2010
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Discovery_of_Radioconduction_by_Edouard_Branly,_1890  Discovery of Radioconduction (Branly)]
| 8
| 102
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| 2010
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Invention_of_Public-key_Cryptography,_1969_-_1975  Invention of Public-key Cryptography]
| 8
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| 2010
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Television_Broadcast_in_Western_Canada  First TV Broadcast in Western Canada]
| 7
| 104
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| 2010
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Working_Laser  Demonstration of Working Laser]
| 6
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| 2010
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Radio_Astronomical_Observations_Using_Very_Long_Baseline_Interferometry  Radio Astronomy Using VLBI]
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| 2010
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| 2010
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| 02/24/2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Eel_River_High_Voltage_Direct_Current_Converter_Station  Eel River HVDC Converter]
| 7
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| 2/4/2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Mercury_Spacecraft_MA-6,_1962  Mercury Spacecraft controls]
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| 2/20/2011
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| 4/8/2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Discovery_of_Superconductivity,_1911  Discovery of Superconductivity]
| 8
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| 4/29/2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Marconi%27s_Early_Experiments_in_Wireless_Telegraphy,_1895  Marconi’s Early Experiments in Wireless Telgraphy &nbsp;(Villa Griffone)]  
| 8
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| 5/10/2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Pearl_Street_Station  Pearl Street Station]  
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| 7/20/2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Grumman_Lunar_Module  Lunar Module]
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| 11/18/2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Satellite_Broadcasting_to_the_Public  First Satellite Broadcast to the Public]
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| 12/8/2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Real-Time_Speech_Communication_on_Packet_Networks,_1974_-_1982  Real-Time Packet Switching]
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| 12/12/2011
| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Apollo_Guidance_Computer_(AGC)  Apollo Guidance Computer]
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| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Mainline_Electrification_of_the_Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad,_1895  B&amp;O Railroad electrification]
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| 6/27/2012
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| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:The_Floating_Gate_EEPROM,_1976_-_1978  Floating Gate EEPROM]
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| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_Optical_Fiber_Laser_and_Amplifier,_1961-1964  First Optical Fiber Laser and Amplifier]
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| [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Invention_of_Holography  Invention of Holography]
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Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, 1891

Ames, CO Dedicated July 1988 - IEEE Pikes Peak Section 

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Electricity produced here in the spring of 1891 was transmitted 2.6 miles over rugged and at times inaccessible terrain to provide power for operating the motor-driven mill at the Gold King Mine. This pioneering demonstration of the practical value of transmitting electrical power was a significant precedent in the United States for much larger plants at Niagara Falls (in 1895) and elsewhere. Electricity at Ames was generated at 3000 volts, 133 Hertz, single-phase AC, by a 100-hp Westinghouse alternator.

The plaque can be viewed at the Ames plant, on Ophir Rd., just outside of the village of Ophir, Colorado, U.S.A.

The gold mining industry at Telluride, Colorado was to be shut down due to the depletion of cheap steam power. All timber in the area had been cut for fuel and mining timbers. DC electric power and other forms of power transmission had proven to be ineffective for the 4.2 kilometer distance of transmission. AC power was judged to be the only workable solution to the economic problems of the mining industry.

The Ames Hydroelectric Plant was being built during the fight between Westinghouse and Edison as to the use of AC or DC electric power. In the Summer of 1890 a generator and a motor were received from the Westinghouse Company and installed that Winter. The generator, for the power plant, and the motor for the mill, were identical single-phase alternators of 100 horsepower operated at 3,000 volts, 133 cycles per second - the largest manufactured at the time. The separately-excited generator was housed in a rough cabin near where Ames Station now stands and was belt-connected to a six-foot Pelton water wheel under a 320-foot head. The switchboard was made of a shellacked pine sheathing. Voltmeters and ammeters of both the solenoid and gravity balance types were used and were mounted in black walnut cases with window-glass fronts.

The transmission line was three miles long from the valley floor to the mine above the timberline. It was constructed of Western Union cross-arms with insulators carrying two no. 3 bare copper wires. The cost of the wire was about US$700, being only one percent of the cost estimated for a direct-current line.

The plant, in operation continuously, required fifteen to twenty attendants. The Ames installation was the first to generate alternating current electric power for industrial application. The entire output of the plant was used for mining.

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