The Rocket' won the famous Rainhill trials in 1829 and really marked the birth of the railway age. Over the course of the 1700 and 1800s, the steam engine was steadily perfected by various inventors. James Watt is probably the best known and this is a version of his beam engine.
Blast Furnace Find out how the iron is extracted from the ore.
The blast furnace helped make the Industrial Revolution possible by producing pig iron in sizeable quantities. Paddle Steamship Ships had always relied on sail and oar to power them. Steam engines ended this age old dominance. Spinning Mill Steam engines powered the mills of Britain to mass produce cheap goods. See how the power is transferred from the steam engine to the machinery with the aid of rope drives.