Biography of america industrial supremacy chapters

1)Sources of Industrial Growth

a)Industrial Technologies

i)Most impt tech development was new iron + steel production techniques- Henry Bessemer and William Kelly invented process to turn iron to steel, possible to produce large quantities and dimensions for construction, RRs

ii)Steel industry emerged in Pennsylvania and Ohio (Pittsburgh notably)- iron industry existed, fuel could be found in PA coal

iii)New transportation systems emerged to serve steel industry- freighters for the Great Lakes, RRs used steel to grow + transported it (sometimes merged w/ one another).

Oil industry also grew b/c of need to lubricate mill machinery

b)The Airplane and the Automobile

i)Development of automobile dependent upon growth of two technologies: creation of gasoline from crude oil extraction, and 1870s Eur development of “internal combustion engine”. By 1910 car industry major role in economy

ii)First gas-car built by Duryea brothers 1903, Henry Industrial Supremacy - Key Events - Annenberg Learner KYFOQ