The Modern Steam Engine

Areas of Contribution: Steam and Steel

About the invention

• An improvement from the Newcomen Steam Engine.
• This invention was built in Kinneil and finished on September 1769.
• It's known as " The Watt Engine"
• Its first purpose was to pump water out from coal mines.
• Later on, it was extended to be used in paper, flour, cotton, and Iron mills.
• As well as waterworks, canals, distilleries and water works.

The impact of the invention

• It created jobs for people because the number of factories and mills increased.
• Decreased animal labour.
• Improved Production Techniques
• For example : mass production, which gave cheaper goods and improved quality.
• provided efficient and quicker ways for transportation of goods.