How did the steam engine impact England during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 1

The steam engine revolutionized society. It displaced animal power (man and animal power) and displaced humans from the economy. The steam engine revolutionized transportation and manufacturing and created the industrial Revolution. The Steam Engine empowered Empires.

Answer 2

The steam engine allowed the development of steamboats and it improved transport of goods to be brought from one place to another ect.

ADDED: Not at first.

The steam-engine was developed quite rapidly from very crude beginnings driving mine-drainage pumps, into viable prime-movers for all sorts of factory machines. In turn this allowed industry the flexibility to build factories independent of rivers, their only previous power-source, and to produce goods at a far higher rate than water-power had allowed.

Its application to road, rail and sea transport came a bit later, once sufficient collective experience had been gained; then grew very rapidly to allow large quantities of goods to be moved long distances relatively economically.

Answer 3

the steam engine had a huge effect in the industrial revolution. they were used in mining and transporting goods aroung england. steam trains were used for public transport, this opened up a huge discovery for people who hadnt even left their own village. now they could explore their country. it was said that the british were as ignorent of their own country as they were the moon until the steam engine

Answer 4

things could now be made in mass production and it led to the invention of smaller and better engines.

Answer 5

The impact that the steam engines had during the industrial revolution was that a factory could be located anywhere with a steam engine.