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Electricity
Invention of the steam engine allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers.
The invention of steam engines to drive factory machinery allowed manufacturers to build factories away from running water.
Coal, to make steam.
Steam energy allowed factories to move away from rivers.
invention of the steam engine allowed factories to end their dependence on the waterwheel and thus, ended the need to be located next to streams or rivers.
Oil slicks, deforestation , dumping of solid waste, and dirty water from factories are some of the factors responsible for the pollution of rivers.
Rivers
The geographic feature that most likely contributed to the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution were RIVERS. The rivers allowed them to develop permanent settlements and agriculture was born.
Electricity
we are damaging the river because of factories and water pollution.
Most factories in the 1800s were located in developed areas where there was a reliable source of fuel. They were often near sources of coal or on rivers to use the flowing water.