People of Steel: Andrew Carnegie

People of Steel: Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie Significant steel years 1864-1901 Financial player in steel in America Dying with the title “richest American”, charismatic and socially popular Andrew Carnegie [...]

People of Steel: Samuel Livingston Mather

Samuel Livingston Mather Significant working years mid-1870s-early 1930s Expanded the iron operations in the Great Lakes region, specifically Cleveland Samuel Livingston Mather, Jr. was [...]

People of Steel: Alexander Lyman Holley

Alexander Lyman Holley (significant steel working years mid 1850s-early 1880s) Brought the Bessemer process to the United States Alexander Lyman Holley moves our series [...]

People of Steel: Siemens and Martin

Carl Wilhem Siemens & Pierre-Èmile Martin (significant steel contributions 1850s-1865) Our past couple of People of Steel posts focused on Bessemer with his crucible [...]

People of Steel: Sidney Gilchrist Thomas and Percy Gilchrist

Sidney Gilchrist Thomas and Percy Gilchrist (significant working years 1875-1883) The Gilchrist-Thomas (or basic) method for processing iron, innovated by cousins Sidney Gilchrist Thomas [...]

People of Steel: Robert Mushet

Robert Mushet (significant working years– late-1850s through early-1880s) First commercial steel alloy Robert Forester Mushet made several contributions to the iron and steel industry [...]

People of Steel: Henry Bessemer

Henry Bessemer (significant steel working years mid-1850s through 1880s) Henry Bessemer’s main contribution to the steel industry was the Bessemer Converter and the Bessemer [...]

People of Steel: Henry Cort

Henry Cort Inventor of the puddling method and iron rolling (significant working years 1780s) Henry Cort is given credit for discovering the puddling process [...]

People of Steel: Benjamin Huntsman

Benjamin Huntsman Inventor of crucible steel method (1740) Benjamin Huntsman invented crucible steel with a more even composition and greater purity than previous methods. [...]

People of Steel: The Abraham Darbys

The Abraham Darbys First ironmaster to successfully smelt iron ore with coke father (late 1700s-late 1710s), son (late 1750s-early 1760s), grandson (late 1760s-early 1790s) [...]