How di the shift to steam power lead to the growth of the cities?

Answer 1

Steam power contributed to the growth of cities in at least two ways.

The first and most important way was that it provided a consistent source of power for factories. Prior to steam power, factories were limited by scale and location of flowing water sources. With steam power factories grew larger and required more workers. Pay was also much better at the factory than farming which lured the rural populations to the factories. The workers settled lands near the factories creating towns and cities.

Steam power also created an effective method of transportation, the Steam Train. The train allowed transportation of goods large distances allowing cities to gather resources from a larger area. By increasing the cities resources their size was able to increase beyond the limits set by surrounding farmland..

Answer 2

The shift to steam power lead to growth of cities because some companies decided to build their factories in the city so cities soon became the center of the industrial growth.

This answer came straight from the 7th grade social studies text book maybe if some of you ppl could read more thought then u could fine the answer

Answer 3

1. People from rural areas as well as foreign countries flocked to the cities for factory jobs.