They'd missed out on the steam engine and virtually every other scientific and industrial advance. |
In November 1839, a steam engine manufactured by H. R. Dunham of New York City replaced teams of horses as the main source of motive power. |
The steam engine had symbolized the First Industrial Revolution and the electric motor and internal combustion engine the Second. |
The sails were removed in 1866 and the mill was then powered by a coal-fired steam engine. |
Of course, multiple unit diesels with one engineer can do it, but it takes a lot of diesel horsepower to match the steam engine at speed. |
The Lord Stewart is listed as having two boilers and a three-cylinder steam engine. |