... , since new railroads and trains made the shift from iron to steel. Consequently, the steel industry was at the heart of this "second industrial revolution." A man named Henry Bessemer transformed the production of steel once he figured out how to make it quicker and stronger. Another man by the name of Andrew Carnegie saw a bright future in the production ... of steel. Carnegie worked in the railroad business throughout the 1860s and eventually created his own company, Carnegie Steel Company. Using the Bessemer process to produce steel that satisfied the demand of US businesses and corp...

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