Steam Engine Inventions

But this is where one of the greatest downfalls of the steam engine comes in. The steam engine was so successful that factory owners were realizing it didn’t need such large workforce anymore. The steam engine was one of the most economically important inventions of all time. “The steam engine essentially created the Industrial Revolution. It did this in at least two ways. First, it provided the power for huge textile mills in England. Second, it helped allow the mining of coal from places that could not previously be mined (it helped by pumping water out of the mines). This coal-fueled the steam engines that ran the factories (The Invention).” The steam engine started making factories more and more self-sustaining, but was this such a great …show more content…
It did have some downfalls, but what in this world doesn’t. They shouldn’t even be able to be seen as downfalls because the invention of the steam engine blazes many pathways. The invention was just seen as “evil” by the working class people who lost their jobs due to the progressive powers of the steam engine. Without which the 21st century wouldn’t be anywhere near what they are at today. People wouldn't need to fear for long though. They would have found themselves in a world of new and exciting opportunities that couldn’t wait to be explored. The birth of automotives and steamboats decreased the amount of work it took to transfer goods. But with the creations of these two wonderful transporters, it also meant jobs opened up looking for conductors and people to transfer and help load and unload the product. The invention of the steam engine also thankfully allowed mines to increase production. This lead to an increase in resource draws and gave the raw materials to build more engines. However, I do think that we should have stuck with the idea of the steam engine because maybe the world wouldn’t be where it is at today with global warming if inventors could have just built upon the idea of the eco-friendly steam engines. But instead, the world is slowly degrading through global warming and the destruction of the ozone layer. An event that would not even have crossed the mind of inventors like Watt, who never would have thought that his invention would lead to one of the biggest problems the world has ever seen. The steam engine should be seen as one of the greatest invention ever because it is what allowed everyone and everything to be as advanced as what it