A steam engine is an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power. Examples of this would include a steam locomotive which was essential during the Industrial Revolution to transport goods from place to place. Basically there is a fire that is created by burning coal which then heats up boiling water to create steam. This steam is then put into a piston to make it move first one way and then the other to create energy. The first steam engine was created in 1698 about 140 years before the Revolution, but the first steam locomotive called the “Puffing Devil” was not created until 1804. Thomas Savery is largely credited the first steam engine in 1698. It was used to draw water from flooded mines It
