1712 Thomas Newcomen - first successful steam engine, at the Black Country Living Museum UK

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In 1712 Thomas Newcomen built the first successful steam engine in the world which was used for pumping water from coal mines on Lord Dudley's estates. In 1986, after more than ten years of painstaking research, the Museum completed the construction of a full scale working replica of that 1712 engine.

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Size: 3583px × 5376px
Location: Dudleu UK
Photo credit: © Peter Lopeman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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