USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Before the Steam Engine Before the development of the first commercial steam engine, factories relied on horses, water, and wind as their primary source of power. Most factories were either situated near riversides or around areas with high wind intensity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pulled by a team of horses, stagecoaches were the fastest means of transportation before steam trains. Changing tired horses for fresh ones regularly at “stages” along the route greatly reduced journey times. Mail coaches, which carried letters, were the fastest of all, averaging speeds of more than 7mph (11km/h).

Detailed explanation-3: -On 21 February 1804, the first recorded steam-hauled railway journey took place as another of Trevithick’s locomotives hauled a train along the 4 ft 4 in (1, 321 mm)-wide tramway from the Pen-y-darren ironworks, near Merthyr Tydfil, to Abercynon in South Wales.

Detailed explanation-4: -Before the steam engine, if you wanted to generate useful motion-to grind wheat, to saw logs, to pump water-you had to rely on natural forces. You could harness wind or water, with mills. Or you could use muscle power-from domesticated animals, or failing all else, on your own.