bessemer dominated the steel industry in the late 1800s.
bessemer dominated the steel industry in the late 1800s.
who dominated the steel industry in the late 1800s?
bessemer
the us iron and steel industry has paralleled the industry in other countries in technological developments. in the 1800s, the us switched from charcoal to coke in ore smelting, adopted the bessemer process, and saw the rise of very large integrated steel mills. in the 20th century, the us industry successively adopted the open hearth furnace, then the basic oxygen steelmaking process. since the american industry peaked in the 1940s and 1950s, the us industry has shifted to small mini-mills and specialty mills, using iron and steel scrap as feedstock, rather than iron ore.









































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history of the iron and steel industry in the united states
hurley, wi has a long history of mining in the area. mining began somewhere around 1880 when the first iron was discovered. both shaft and open mining, like the process proposed by gogebic taconite, have been recorded since the late 1800s in the area. hurley, wi is more known for its lake effect snow falls, miles of snowmobiling trails, hunting, fishing and local ski hills, but that wasn't always the case. the entire area, both historically and culturally, is an area of both mining and logging. the hurley high school mascott is the "midgets" due to a team that went to state that was made up of short players. a mainstay food in the area is the pasty, which was brought over from the english miners to the area in the late 1800s. you will find bars named the iron nugget, freddie's old time saloon, and the iron horse inn which encompass the rich history of the area. for decades in the late 19th century and into the 1920s, the gogebic was one of the nation’s chief sources of iron. iron from the gogebic helped to fuel the industrial boom in the upper midwest during these years. by 1930 mining was winding down in the area. the mines began closing in amid a national economy suffering from the great depression. the result was widespread economic devastation in the gogebic range. the montreal and cary mines closed in the 1960s when the steel industry changed from using high-grade iron ore from deep shaft mines to using abundant taconite ore that could be economically mined by the open-pit method. at the time of closing, the montreal and cary mines were producing ore from workings nearly one mile deep. the last iron ore from the gogebic iron range in wisconsin was shipped from the cary mine in hurley in 1965. the mines can still be seen in the historical mining houses along the carey stretch and montreal areas. the mining industry sustained the area for 85 years with no known environmental effects.
gogebic taconite