USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Carnegie may have been known as a successful man of business but he was also an innovator. In a desire to make steel more cheaply and more efficiently, he successfully adopted the Bessemer process at his Homestead Steel Works plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carnegie learned everything he could about steel production and began using the Bessemer Process at mills he owned in America. By the mid-1870s Carnegie was heavily involved in steel production.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bessemer process allowed the mass production of steel, a material that shaped our modern world. The Bessemer process was used in order to produce steel from wrought iron. It changed the steel industry and inspired further developments in steel making.

Detailed explanation-4: -Before the revolution, steel was an expensive material. Then the Bessemer converter was invented, which allowed for steel to be mass produced at a lower cost. By 1870, Bessemer steel was used for building ships and railways.