Steam power already had many uses - draining water from mines, excavating ports and rivers, forging iron, grinding grain, and spinning and weaving cloth - but it was inefficient.
Singaw kapangyarihan na nagkaroon ng maraming mga gumagamit ng - draining ng tubig mula sa mine, excavating port at ilog, forging bakal, paggiling butil, at spinning at paghabi ng tela - ngunit ito ay hindi mabisa.