Once upon a time in England Jan 19th, 1813 Sir Henry Bessemer was born in Charlton, Hertfordshire.

Sir Henry was the first inventor/innovator that made steel inexpensive to produce.

Sir Henry Bessemer

The Bessemer process involved blowing air through the molten Iron

This removed all impurities from the steel and allowed the process of making steel inexpensive

The Bessemer

Process

The process made steel inexpensive to make, less dangerous, and less time consuming

the causes for this were the high costs of making steel, the long process, and other reasons

Steel

Seeing the process skyrocket in England Andrew Carnegie of America invested in Steel inside of America.

the effects of Sir Henry Bessemer's process were less expensive steel, shorter time to make, stronger for buildings and railroads