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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

You need steel for the industrial revolution. You can't make a steam locomotive out of bronze, first of all it's too expensive, second of all the boiler will burst before you get up enough steam to pull a train, third the crown sheet would melt. You outright need the Bessemer process to make steam engines.