Thomas Newcomen black plaque
Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
The birthplace of the Atmospheric Steam Pump Engine Here stood the workshop of Thomas Newcomen Engineer (1663/4-1729) who first drove a piston through the agency of steam and created the world's first steam engine From 1712 this was used to pump water from the mines and so advance the Industrial Rev
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