[New post] [Answer] Which industry emerged during the Second Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century?

answertrivia posted: " Answer: steel Which industry emerged during the Second Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century? A synergy between iron and steel railroads and coal developed at the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on AnswerTrivia.com [Answer] Which industry emerged during the Second Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century? by answertrivia Answer: steel Which industry emerged during the Second Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century? A synergy between iron and steel railroads and coal developed at the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution. Railroads allowed cheap transportation of materials and products which in turn led to cheap rails to build more roads. Railroads also benefited from cheap coal for their steam locomotives. This synergy led to the laying of 75 000 miles of track in the U.S. in the 1880s the largest amount anywhere in world history. Steel is often cited as the first of several new areas for industrial mass-production which are said to characterise a "Second Industrial Revolution" beginning around 1850 although a method for mass manufacture of steel was not invented until the 1860s when Sir Henry Bessemer invented a new furnace which could convert molten pig ironinto steel in large quantities. However it only became widely available in the 1870s after the process was modified to produce more uniform quality. Bessemer steel was bein… Second Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia History of the United States (1865–1918) - Wikipedia Industrial Revolution in the United States - Wikipedia Thu Jul 10 2003 14:30:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) · By the late nineteenth century the United States had become a leading global industrial power building on new technologies (such as the telegraph and steel) an expanding railroad network and abundant natural resources such as coal timber oil and farmland to usher in the Second Industrial Revolution. There were also two very important wars. The history of the modern steel industry began in the late 1850s; steel has become a staple of the world's industrial economy. This article is intended only to address the business economic and social dimensions of the industry since the bulk production of steel began as a result of Henry Bessemer's develop... This free site is ad-supported. Learn more ​ answertrivia | 20th Apr 2021 at 4:30 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/pcLptW-Ku4 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from AnswerTrivia.com. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://answertrivia.wordpress.com/2021/04/20/answer-which-industry-emerged-during-the-second-industrial-revolution-in-the-late-nineteenth-century/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com