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Water Scarcity Drove Steam Power Adoption During Industrial Revolution, New Research Suggests
July 17, 2024
GLASGOW, Scotland, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news:

A groundbreaking new reconstruction of 19th-century Britain's water resources has revealed how limited access to waterpower during the Industrial Revolution helped drive the adoption of steam engines in Greater Manchester's Cottonopolis.

Geographers and historians from the UK and Australia are behind the research, which reveals for the first time that local water shorta . . .

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