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History of Steel
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Discovery of Coke/Blast Furnace
by Abraham Darby -
Puddling Furnace
by Henry Cort -
Bessemer Process
by Henry Bessemer -
Steel Prices Drop
Steel becomes readily available thanks to Carnegie -
First Electric Arc Furnace
Offered a new method to create steel, but used electricity to produce steel. -
Basic Oxygen Steel Making
Rendered all previous iron making techniques obsolete
