British empire was the biggest back then hope this helps!
The best option from the list would be that "<span>A. Access to rivers and railroads was needed to get manufactured goods to markets," since the factories tended to be very far away from major consumer cities. </span>
It's actually "Describing past events as an engaging story"
They operate, maintain or repair geothermal power plants and commercial and residential geothermal heating installations. (googled this for you)