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What were the two main reasons that Watt and Bolton replaced water with steam as a main source of energy after the drought in 1776

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Explanation: The two main reasons water was replaced with steam by watt and Bolton was

1) To allow factories to move away from water body

2) to have more factories thereby creating employment.

James Watt's modification of the Newcomen steam engine combined with contributions from Matthew Boulton produced an engine powered by steam which helped in the industrial revolution for powering mills, factories, breweries Thier invention propelled the manufacturing of trains, boats and railways used in this present day.

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