An interesting detail frequently overlooked is that the introduction of turbines depended on another recent innovation, namely the switch from fire tube boilers

An interesting detail frequently overlooked is that the introduction of turbines depended on another recent innovation, namely the switch from fire tube boilers to water tube boilers, enabling higher steam temperature and pressure. Case in point, the quintessential marine three drum boiler: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-drum_boiler https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-drum_boiler