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Henry Bessemer and William Kelly



During the middle of the 1800s iron was a big deal. It helped build railroad rails and building frames. In 1850 Henry Bessemer from England and Willian Kelly from Kentucky independently invented a new process on how to make steel.It was known to be called the Bessemer Process. Steel had been made by melting iron, adding carbon, and taking out any impurities.The process had made it more simple and less costly to remove the impurities.

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Information Provided by: the book, Prentice Hall America Pathways to the Present Modern American History pg. 233

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