Gathers the historical-figure entities profiled for their role in developing steam power, including engineers who improved the steam engine's efficiency and reliability, such as James Watt, and the innovators who applied steam power to industry, rail transport and early electricity generation. Each entry covers a specific individual rather than an engine design or a company, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.
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WikipediaIntroduction and spread, 1712 Conygree Coalworks engineQuote, Introduction and spread, 1712 Conygree Coalworks engine
The earliest examples for which reliable records exist were two engines in the Black Country, of which the more famous was that erected in 1712 at the Conygree Coalworks in Bloomfield Road Tipton
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