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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How did the Bessemer process contribute to the development of Carnegie’s monopoly?

OpenStudy (micahmglomski):

Henry Bessemer a British ( 1856) inventor patented the process by which molten pig iron disturbed by a current of air is turned directly into steel. Carnegie created the largest steel and iron works in America in the late 1860's using the Bessemer process. The invention of the Bessemer process was one of the things that led to the industrial revolution. It contributed to the railroads, the construction of tall buildings, and steel hull ships.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

bessemer made the assembly line which made big buisness rise

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