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Prior to the late 1800s, rotating shaft power was limited mainly to trains and ships. There were wind and water mills for pumping water and grinding grains and some steam-driven water pumps and ventilation fans. However, few people lived in windy regions or near fast-moving streams. Some ventilation fan designs for mine shafts were powered by man, wind or water pressure.