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The Role Of Coal In The American Industrial Revolution

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The discovery of coal is what brought about the ability for the American industrial revolution. Coal gave power, heat, light, steam to all the households and steam boats and Without the use of coal none of the inventions of this time period could have been possible. Coal has been used as fuel for many different inventions including cars houses and boats. When coal is burned it gives energy for machines to power the multiple inventions such as the locomotive which revolutionized how we can ship products. Coal has been used for many different inventions since its discovery. Coal engines crated power to for motors instead of man power or wind. Coal engines were the predecessors of the internal combustion engine. Coal became highly valuable but
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