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Date Innovation City State Country Society
1957 First Successful Commercialization of Radiation Chemistry Fremont CA USA ACS
1956 Hiwassee Dam Unit 2 Reversible Pump-Turbine 1 Murphy NC USA ASME
1956 IBM 350 RAMAC Disk File San Jose CA USA ASME
1959 PACECO Container Crane USA ASME
1954 Wyman-Gordon 50,000-ton Hydraulic Forging Press Worcester MA USA ASME
1952 Ditch Witch DWP Service-Line Trencher Perry OK USA ASME
1953 Mr. Charlie Oil Drilling Rig Morgan City LA USA ASME
1954 ALCOA 50,000-ton Hydraulic Forging Press Cleveland OH USA ASME
1957 Atlas Launch Vehicle El Cajon CA USA ASME
1955 Basic-Oxygen Steel Making Vessel Trenton MI USA ASME
1957 Blood Heat Exchanger Buffalo NY USA ASME
1959 Disneyland Monorail System Anaheim CA USA ASME
1952 Dorton Arena Raleigh NC USA ASCE
1956 GE Re-entry Systems Philadelphia PA USA AIAA
1959 Invention of COBOL Programming by Grace Murray Hopper Lock Haven PA USA SWE
1957 Gravimetric Coal Feeder Chagrin Falls OH USA ASME
1952 Center Pivot Irrigator Minden NE USA ASABE
1957 Jacobs Engine Brake Retarder Bloomfield CT USA ASME
1957 Invention of the LASER Murray Hill NJ USA SPIE
1958 Mackinac Bridge St Ignace MI USA ASCE
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