nov 26, 1698 - #12 The Steam Engine
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The first steam engine was invented by Thomas Savery. He invented the engine to pump out water flooding the coal mines. It was eventually remade more powerful and bigger to power trains. It took about a hundred years and three inventors to eventually build a successful steam engine.
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U.S. History Timeline, Vieregge, Nathan
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