Industrialization occurred in Great Britain due to a very specific set of conditions not present in other regions. Coal was already in widespread use before ind

Industrialization occurred in Great Britain due to a very specific set of conditions not present in other regions. Coal was already in widespread use before industrialization, which led to extensive coal mining in England. Heavy use of coal required an advanced horse-drawn transporation network as well as navigable water ways. England alone had the former due to stationary pastoralism. Heavy use of coal led to the first industrially practical steam engine, the Newcomen engine, which pumped water out of coal mines.