Steam Engines and Railways of the Industrial Revolution

Steam Engines and Railways of the Industrial Revolution

The Overall Idea…. . The steam engine and railways lead to the catalyst of change in the Industrial Revolution.

What is a Steam Engine? • An engine that converts the heat energy of pressurized steam into mechanical energy • Were used as a prime mover http: //inventors. about. com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industrial_Revo_4. htm

How a Steam Engine Works Boils water to produce steam under pressure Pushes against a piston forcing it into motion Drives the wheels of the engine

High-pressure steam in http: //science. howstuffworks. com/steam 1. htm Exhaust steam

How the Steam Engine Works - Boiler • The highpressure steam comes from a boiler • The boiler's job is to apply heat to water to create steam

How the Steam Engine Works - Boiler -Coal • To create steam, there had to be coal • Countries like Britain, Germany and France had access to coal http: //www. uky. edu/KGS/coalform. htm http: //www. dself. dsl. pipex. com/MUSEUM/LOCO/heilmann. htm

How the Steam Engine was Invented • 1698 - Early industrial steam engines were designed by Thomas Savery • 1712 - Thomas Newcomen built a steam engine on top of a water filled mine shaft and used it to pump water out of the mine http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Steam_engine http: //inventors. about. com/od/indrevolution/ss/Industrial_Revo. htm

How it was Invented- James Watt • Watt added… • Separate chambers • Pressure gauge • Crank and flywheel • His changes allowed the steam engine to power the industrial revolution

Uses of the Steam Engine • Used in… • • • pumping stations locomotives steam ships road locomotive steam lorries machinery in factories, mines, and mills

Importance of the Steam Engine • • Replaced muscle power of horses Very Powerful and fast Used to power machines Allowed machines like the railway to be invented • Steam engines burn fuel cleanly and efficiently

Result from Steam Engine- Railways • How railways came about • Standardizing railways • Effects on Industrial Revolution

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How the Railway was Invented • Before 19 th century in Britian tracks carried wagons pulled by horses • 1804 - Richard Trevithick put a steam engine to a mine wagon • 1814 -George Stevenson had the first working steam locomotive • 1830 -1 st railway opened between Liverpool and Manchester

Standardizing railways • After 1850 the British State standardized the gauge of the tracks to be 4 ft 8½ in • Britain had a fully working rail transport system

Effect on Industrial Revolution • Connected regions together • More regions could trade goods and raw materials • Steam Engine provided power for factories • Don’t need water ways to transport goods long ways • Boats used the steam engine which was faster

• This Power. Point was created by Freshman students in a world history class in 20062007.