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Edwin Drake most know as the Colonel Drake, burn on March 29,1819 in Greenville, New York. Die on November 9, 1880 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvanian.
He was the first American how successfully drill for oil, by using a steam engine to remove oil from the earth's surface. He was hired on a salary of $1,000 a year to investigate the oil seeps on land owned by Seneca Oil. The company pick Drake because he was a retired railway man so he  had free use of the rail.Drake decided to drill in the manner of salt well drillers. The way that he drill was by purchasing  a steam engine in Erie, Pennsylvania, to power the drill. On August 27, 1859 Drake had persevered and his drill  had reached a total depth of 69.5 feet. The work team had  hit a crevice, the next morning Drake was surprised and delighted to see crude oil rising up.    

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Drake)]]> 2019-10-08 20:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/qm8nvmhfuzru/wish/395310304 820285 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/qm8nvmhfuzru/wish/395803032 Henry Bessemer born on January 19 of 1813 in Charlton, Hertfordshire England , and die March 15 of 1898 in London, England. He was an English inventor who became most famous for his steel-making process that he invented, this process consist of blowing air through molten pig iron to remove the impurities. He also made more the 100 other inventions in the fields of iron,steel and glass. The invention that give Bessemer  his first fortune was a series of six steam-powered machines for making bronze powder,that was  use in the manufacture of gold paint. Bessemer tried to seduce the companies that use his prospect to reject, then he did the same with W&J Galloway & Sons by acquiring many profits and sweeping the market. Bessemer played a significant role in establishing the town of Sheffield as a major industrial center.

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Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, of 1835 in Unfeminine,Fife, Scotland, and died in August 11, of 1919 in Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S. Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, Philanthropist and business magnate. He play a great role in the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century making him the richest American in history. He also gave away $350 million to charities, foundations and universities.  By the 1860s, Carnegie had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges, and oil derricks. Whit all his fortune Carnegie   built Carnegie Hall in New York, NY, and the Peace Palace and founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie Hero Fund, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, among others. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Evans]]> 2019-10-10 03:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/qm8nvmhfuzru/wish/395950215 820285 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/qm8nvmhfuzru/wish/395952138 Robert was born November 14, 1765 on Little Britain, Lancaster County,Province of Pennsylvania, British America, and died on February 24, 1815 on New York City, U.S. 
Robert was an American businessman, inventor, and an engineer. He is most famous because he develop a commercially successful steamboat. Fulton also produced the first practical submarine in history, Nautilus, the submarine was for Napoleon Bonaparte.  While living in Philadelphia, Fulton sent money to help her mother and later bough a farm  Hopewell Township in Washington County near Pittsburgh for £80 and moved his mother and family into it. Fulton also published a pamphlet about canals and patented a dredging machine and several other inventions. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulton

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