Steam Engines Timeline:

Industrial Revolution
 What is a Steam Engine

• A steam engine is an engine where it

uses pressure to mobilize its piston
inside a cylinder.

• It uses water and heat as its general

energy source.
 Steam Engine History

• The steam engine was first created by an inventor and

engineer, Thomas Savery.

• The steam engine was built in July 6, 1698.

• Its original intent was to get rid of water from the

mines from disrupting the mining process.

• It actually took Thomas Savery a decade to create a

well-functioning pump/pulley/engine.
 Steam Engine History

• Savery’s invention did work, but it killed

some people in the mines.

• Because of this, engineers has to improve

his invention.
 Steam Engine History

• Other engineers worked on their own engines

with the inspiration of Savery’s discovery.

• Engineers like Richard Trevithick built a better and

more efficient engine. His invention ended up in
transportation vehicles.
Steam Engine: Industrial Revolution
• During the rise of the industrial revolution, human workers were
much needed back in the day in certain factories and businesses.
Including working on the product until steam engines were
introduced.

• The need of human workers were less likely ever since steam engines
were introduced, only some were hired to work on the machine.
 Steam Engine: Industrial Revolution
• Payment was not the only problem, but the quick production of the
product. They relied on machines because they are quicker than
humans.

• And only big and wealthy manufacturers can afford this machine.
Steam Engine: Industrial Revolution
• Other facts:
• Factories that used machines that uses steam moved to nearby water sources
to keep the machine going.

• After the industrial revolution, there is a steam engine that is still present (not
used) to this day called “peace” at the Queen Street Mills, a weaving mill
manufacture back in the Victorian Era.

• Steam Engines are still used to this day in power plants and nuclear plants.
Aside from those, they are also present in locomotives.
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https://www.britannica.com/technology/cogeneration

• The Economic Historian. (2022, July 31). Steam Engine.

https://economic-historian.com/2022/01/steam-engine/

• Freddie Wilkinson (June 2, 2022) Industrial Revolution and Technology:

Social Studies, World History. National Geographic
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/industrial-revolution-and-
technology/
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