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2. Thaddeus S. C. Lowe - Wikipedia

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   Lowe was given use of a converted coal barge, the George Washington Parke Custis, onto which he loaded two new balloons and two new hydrogen gas generators, with which Lowe performed the first observations over water thereby making the GWP Custis the first ever aircraft carrier. In Lowe's Official Report to the Secretary of War, he stated:

3. Union Army Balloon Corps - Wikipedia

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   The Union Army Balloon Corps was a branch of the Union Army during the American Civil War, established by presidential appointee Thaddeus S. C. Lowe.It was organized as a civilian operation, which employed a group of prominent American aeronauts and seven specially built, gas-filled balloons to perform aerial reconnaissance on the Confederate States Army.

4. History of military ballooning - Wikipedia

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   With Lowe's techniques proven to the top commanders, he was eventually tasked to build seven balloons and a series of hydrogen gas generators to inflate them in the battlefield. Even though Thaddeus Lowe was Chief Aeronaut, his bitter rival John La Mountain is credited with having made the first aerial observations of intelligence value while ...

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6. History of aerial warfare - Wikipedia

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   The balloons and their gas generators were loaded aboard and taken down the Potomac, where reconnaissance of the peninsula could continue. At the Battle of Fair Oaks, Lowe was able to view the enemy army advancing and sent a dispatch to have reserves sent. The balloon corps was later assigned to the engineers corps.

7. The First U.S. Utility and an Industry Doomed by the PC - AOL

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   By the 20th century, electric generators and power plants had begun competing with the gas utilities of the world, and the competition pushed the original Baltimore gas utility into a 1906 merger ...