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Steam Engine
This engine was used in the workshop of Matthew Boulton, the most famous engineer and metalwork producer of the age. He needed steam power to improve the output in his factory. He was introduced to James Watt. He entered into a profitable partnership to develop and sell the engines with Watt as well...
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Steam Engine
A Watt steam engine, the steam engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
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Engine of P.S. Comet...
The PS Comet was a paddle steamer built for Henry Bell, a hotel owner in Helensburgh. It began its passenger service in 1812 on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock, making it the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe. Competition soon followed and the Comet was outclass...
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Puffing Billy locomo...
Puffing Billy is the world's oldest surviving locomotive. It was constructed in 1813-1814 by William Hedley and Jonathan Forster and the assistance also of blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. It weighed 8 tons and its top speed was 5 miles per hour....
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Stephenson's Rocket ...
Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive, built in Newcastle at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829. It was not the first locomotive but introduced several innovations that have been used on almost every steam locomotive built since.
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