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the pressure released, alloWing the piston to return to its
resting position to be pushed out by the steam onCe more.
the first reCiproCating steam engine Was attaChed to a WinCh
handle and pitted against a horse in a War-of-tug, and the
steam engine Won!
by the time of the Colossals, engineers had developed a
trinary piston system to poWer the massive ConstruCts. steam
routed into three large pistons evenly spaCed around the
same Wheel. at any given time, at least tWo of the three
pistons pushed on the Wheel to turn its Crankshaft. this
system Was deemed too bulky for smaller meChanika and
eventually fell out of use With the Colossals. most steam
engines today use a linear arrangement of pistons Combined
With hydrauliCs and pneumatiCs to provide far more poWer
than a trinary engine of equivalent size.
Once the Orgoth were chased into the sea before
the might of the Iron Alliances’ Colossals, several
inventors turned their attentions to new ways that
steam could improve life in western Immoren. The
first factory to employ a steam engine as part of its
production process was the Norov Ironworks in 233
AR. The second factory to make use of an engine
was that of the renowned Salvoro Forge in 237,
named for the original innovator of centuries ago.
By 246, Salvoro factories in Korsk had acquired their
struggling Norov rival whose boilers had the peculiar
tendency to explode, and they formed the Salvoro
Forge & Engineering Works.
Because legions of workers and engineers
interested in steam power have unified their efforts
the renowned Steam & Iron Workers’ Union in
Cygnar and Ghordson Arms in Rhul, for example—
these past few generations have witnessed a time of