Henry Bessemer

Technologies i. Henry Bessemer and William Kelly – Bessemer process converted iron into much stronger steel – steel industry boom used in railroads and construction ii. Steel Industry boomed in Ohio and PA – abundance of iron ore iii. Oil discovered in PA at Drake’s Folly – originally used in lamps iv. New transportation systems grew due to the steel industry – freighter for great lakes and oil industry grew because they had to lubricate the mill machinery b. The Airplane and the Automobile i. Henry Ford made

talent of decoding dot-dot dash-dash messages by ear and was hired by Pennsylvania Railroad where he later on became a supervisor and earned $1,500 a year. Years later after hard work and labor, Carnegie met Henry Bessemer, the developer of converting iron into steel, and soon adopted the Bessemer process. When coming back from his trip from England to America, he built several steel mills in America. Through dedication and effort, Andrew Carnegie became one of the wealthiest businessmen in the United

too weak in order to support the span of the bridge; the solution was to use steel. Carnegie spent a fortune building this bridge due to the high cost of the steel making process; however, he began to use the Bessemer process in his factories to make steel more cost-effective. The Bessemer

increased the need for civil engineers to conduct specialized research. A Brave New World The United States steel industry has a rich history. America started its love affair with steel in the mid-1800’s when Sir Henry Bessemer of England engineered what is today known as the Bessemer Process.

Carnegie Steel) and this was the first business in the US to be worth more then $1 million. During the second Industrial Revolution many inventions were created that simplified life. Some major inventors were Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Bessemer, George Eastman and George Pullman. Thomas Edison created the light bulb using electricity in 1878. The light bulb made it possible to create light at night without the hazard and struggle with a candle and matches-just a flick and the light

becoming the richest man in america during 1901. He worked himself up in the Pennsylvania Railroad company and would have been successful there but he was unclear on what he wanted to do. So he decided to move to New York City where he met Henry Bessemer. Bessemer taught him how to make steel, so then Carnegie moved back to Pittsburg and set up a steel mill. There he became a steel king and it caused him to become extremely wealthy. A hero is someone who has courage, integrity, and a concern for others

Captain Carbon explains the Creation of the Legion of Steel To understand the Legion of Steel, you must go back to its roots and learn why the Legion of Steel has been called upon to take on the steel wire forming and fastener manufacturing industries most challenging demands. It all takes place many years ago, during the dark days of poor and inconsistent steel wire supply. The long work day was coming to a close at Beta Steel with paperwork churning, manifests being completed and orders being

Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business      Andrew Carnegie was the pioneering tycoon of the 19th century. From his companies emerged the steel to build the infrastructures such as railroads, bridges, automobiles, and ships that would build a nation in need of direction. He was a major player in the transformation into the Industrial Revolution producing the steel to make machinery and transportation possible. Carnegie built his empire from cost control, low prices

Perfectly timed relief came from not one, but two sources simultaneously. Around 1850, both William and John Kelly and Henry Bessemer developed similar processes for using blast furnace cast iron to make steel in Kentucky and England, respectively. Due to superior financial backing, Henry Bessemer was able to produce the device, named the Bessemer converter, first. The apparatus uses pressurized air to burn the impurities out of molten pig iron. The proper amount of carbon was then

Bessemer Process Mr.Snider 2-15-18 Period 4 Najae Knox The Bessemer process was the first cosmic process for the making of steel from molten iron. It made a huge impact on the world today. This process made This world a lot easier then it would be without it. Although it was named after Henry Bessemer the Founder of this process made the world a better place for a lot cheaper. This impacted the modern world by allowing The Bessemer process to make the mass production of steel, a material