WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In America during the 19th century, the invention of the steam engine dramatically improved shipping by water and created a new transportation industry-the railroad. By the end of the century, some steam locomotives began to be powered by electricity.

Detailed explanation-2: -The introduction of steam engines improved productivity and technology, and allowed the creation of smaller and better engines. After Richard Trevithick’s development of the high-pressure engine, transport applications became possible, and steam engines found their way to boats, railways, farms and road vehicles.

Detailed explanation-3: -The expansion of internal American trade greatly increased with the adoption of canals, steamboats, and railroads. These collective advances in technology became known as the Transportation Revolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -The steam engine resulted in the creation of semi-automated factories, and it increased goods production in places where water power was not available. In the 1800s, once coal-fired steam engines had been adapted for use with railways and ships, the international trade of goods and resources expanded tremendously.

Detailed explanation-5: -Steam engines use hot steam from boiling water to drive a piston (or pistons) back and forth. The movement of the piston was then used to power a machine or turn a wheel. To create the steam, most steam engines heated the water by burning coal. Why was it important?