However, one of his biggest failures was the SS Bessemer, designed to stop passengers feeling seasick. The key feature was a ...

Up to about 1870 railroad rails were made of iron because the cost of making steel in quantity was prohibitive. Then the converters invented by Henry Bessemer got going and steel became much cheaper.

Go to updated and illustrated post. 1856: Englishman Henry Bessemer receives a U.S. patent for a new steel-making process that revolutionizes the industry. The Bessemer converter was a squat, ugly, ...

Here’s a rose-colored look into the steelworks at Workington, Cumbria in northern England. At the time of filming in 1974, this plant had been manufacturing steel nonstop for 102 years using the ...