Steam Engine (Civ7)

Steam Engine
Technology of the Modern Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Cost	1400
Technologies
Required	None
Required	None
Leads to	Urbanization   Combustion
Leads to	Urbanization   Combustion
Unlocks
Units	Merchant Ironclad Hangshang
Infrastructure	Ironworks Port
Mastery notes
+1 Production on Camps. +1 Food on Farms and Plantations.

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 "Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car."
– Erasmus Darwin

Steam Engine is a Modern Age technology in Civilization VII.

Strategy

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Civilopedia entry

The principles behind the steam engine have been understood for a long time. In 30 BCE, the engineer Vitruvius described a mechanism wherein a hollow bronze ball with two small outflow pipes could be filled with water, and once heated, would rotate rapidly. The mechanism was not very efficient but was used at times as a kind of "special effect" to open temple doors. Over a millennium later, Leonardo da Vinci proposed a steam-power-operated cannon. During the 17th and 18th centuries, steam engines became more of a reality, especially as improved metalworking allowed for the creation of parts that fit together seamlessly. In 1807, Robert Fulton made the first commercially successful steamboat, leading to steam power's rise in interest and investments, which eventually took the technology to the rails.

See also

• Steam Engine in other games