the steel industry first emerged in the united states at alabama.
the steel industry first emerged in the united states at alabama.
where did the steel industry first emerge in the united states?
alabama
the mining of pittsburgh-seam coal boomed off after 1860 as the rapidly expanding iron and steel industry adopted coke. the output of the iron and steel industry burgeoned during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as demand for steel products surged. to meet the corresponding demand for coke, pittsburgh-seam mines vastly increased their production from 4.3 million tons of coal in 1880 to a peak of forty million tons in 1916. most of the pre-1900 growth in coal output occurred in the connellsville district. however, the iron and steel industry's demand rose so rapidly that it became clear by 1900 that this district could not satisfy demand by itself. during the 1900s and 1910s, mine companies exploited the lower connellsville district of the pittsburgh seam, adding greatly to total output. the growth of pittsburgh-seam mining was so massive, and so intertwined with coke production for the iron and steel industry, that the late nineteenth and early twentieth century has been called the "golden age of king coal, queen coke and princess steel."
pittsburgh coal seam
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