Question

How did the iron industry relate to the industrial revolution?

Answer 1

They started using coal to smelt the iron so it was cheaper to produce and thus cheaper to sell.

Answer 2

The iron industry benefited also from other early inventions of the 18th century. Iron was scarce and costly, and production was falling off because England's forests could not supply enough charcoal for smelting the ore. Ironmasters had long been experimenting with coal as a fuel for smelting. Finally the Darby family, after three generations of effort, succeeded with coal that had been transformed into coke. This created a new demand for coal and laid the foundation for the British coal industry. The next great steps were taken in the 1780s, when Henry Cort developed the processes of puddling and rolling. Puddling produced nearly pure malleable iron. Hand in hand with the adoption of the new inventions went the rapid development of the factory system of manufacture.

Answer 3

Yes, it is the American Industrial Revolution. And thank you, and do you know how the Steel Industry helped/related to the American Industrial Revolution?

Answer 4

From what I have seen, It looks like the same stuff. But i'll post it again. I spazzed and deleted it. Sorry.
Iron making – In the Iron industry, coke was finally applied to all stages of iron smelting, replacing charcoal. This had been achieved much earlier for lead and copper as well as for producing pig iron in a blast furnace, but the second stage in the production of bar iron depended on the use of potting and stamping (for which a patent expired in 1786) or puddling (patented by Henry Cort in 1783 and 1784).