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... development of the automatic water pump in the first place.

First of all, the water pump 'itself' isn't that complex a machine to replicate. It's just something that sucks in water and spits it out. The water pumps of the 21st century aren't that different from today's water pumps.

The problem was the... engine that drives it.

Wetlands that needed water pumps were abundant, and water pumps could be replicated in any quantity, but there was no power to drive them, so they ...

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