Question

With the creation of James Watt's steam engine, where did factories need to be located?
• by rivers for the water power
near coal mines to easily access the coal needed to help run them
anywhere there was space for a factory
in cities so factories could get more workers to operate them

Answer 1

near coal mines to easily access the coal needed to help run them

Explanation: Watt’s steam engine freed factories from needing river sites for water power, but engines required fuel (coal), so many factories were built near coalfields (or near transport links to coal) and often also near cities for labor.