True, a gas turbine is different, both generate power by spinning turbine blade, but otherwise work differently (a turbine gas engine uses the hot gases from burning fuel to spin the blades, a steam turbine heat up water to create steam and the steam drives the blades). In the end it isn't so much whether the technology worked or not, likely it was as you said, simple economics, something that requires less maintainence and overall costs less to operate is going to win out.
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