WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Helped capitalized Pittsburgh
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It was helpful in Henry Ford’s assembly line
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Steel was a necessary asset of the Gilded Age and the steel process created steel faster and cheaper
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It was a better source of light and ran on electricity
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Bessemer process allowed steel to be produced without fuel, using the impurities of the iron to create the necessary heat. This drastically reduced the costs of steel production, but raw materials with the required characteristics could be difficult to find.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bessemer Process made the production of steel more economical. Before the Bessemer Process it took an entire day to produce 5 tons of steel, after the same quantity could be made in 15 minutes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Henry Bessemer, in full Sir Henry Bessemer, (born January 19, 1813, Charlton, Hertfordshire, England-died March 15, 1898, London), inventor and engineer who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively (1856), leading to the development of the Bessemer converter.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1855, Bessemer patented an inexpensive way to process steel, so it could be produced and used on a massive, industrial scale. The Bessemer steel process, in turn, allowed for the mechanization of industry. This alone began to change the composition of the labor force.