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The First Industrial Revolution took off with steam power. The Second surged forward with electricity and mass production. The Third brought us computing and automation. The Fourth, the one we are ...

Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial Revolution. Image caption, The Newcomen steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. The engine was commonly found in coal ...

By the 1860s, steam power and coal became vital, further advancing industrialization and transforming America into a manufacturing powerhouse. Keywords Industrial Revolution, early American ...