Industrial+Progress

Industrial progress included hydroelectricity, water-powered electricity. James B. Duke moved to Charlotte and started a new industry. After 1904, he built dams across the Catawba River to generate electricity. He originally sold the power to nearby textile mills. Duke's first big customer was James W. Cannon, who built a new town, Kannapolis, in 1906 to take advantage of the situation. Eventually the whole North Carolina Piedmont benefited from the hydroelectricity made by what became the Duke Power Company. Industrial progress also included in tobacco, textiles, and furniture.
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__Wright Brothers__

The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were well-known for being the first humans to fly an airplane. Because of their success, North Carolinians have ever since claimed them. From Dayton, Ohio, the Wrights made North Carolina have the first humans to fly. They spent years figuring out a way for flight to occur. They watched others who tried different technologies but had little success. The Wrights made hundreds of test flights in their gliders at. All testing was done in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (Outer Banks). Finally, after many tests and adjustments in the fall of 1903, they were ready to see if humans could direct a powered craft through the air. On the morning of December 17, 1903, Orvcille, lying prone on the plane, felt it lift into the air. It stayed airborne for twelve seconds. A half dozen Outer Banks resdients witnessed the feat. Wilbur, taking his turn, stayed in the air for a gleeful half mile. They had to stop when a sudden gust of wind caught the wings of the plane and twisted them like an umbrella in a storm. The damage was too hard to repair. The Wrights reported their achievement to the scientific world. Many of the innovations that would eventually take human beings all the way to the moon were first tested successfully at Kitty Hawk. The Wright brothers would forever be remembered for their awesome invention and achievement.

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