The great American steamer, General Washington, the largest boat in the world to be built and run on the new National Line, between New York and Albany / drawn on stone by C. Parsons ; invented, designed, and drawn by Darius Davison, New York.

Steam Machines, Engines, Locomotives. In 1781 James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion. Watt's ten-horsepower engines enabled a wide range of manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained. By 1883, engines that could provide 10,000 hp had become feasible. The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution.