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  2. History of the iron and steel industry in the United States

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    Cleveland's first blast furnace was built in 1859. In 1860, the steel mill employed 374 workers. By 1880, Cleveland was a major steel producer, with ten steel mills and 3,000 steelworkers. [10] The city of Gary, Indiana was founded in 1906 by United States Steel Corporation to serve the Gary Works.

  3. Tintype - Wikipedia

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    The process was first described by Adolphe-Alexandre Martin in France in 1853. In 1856 it was patented by Hamilton Smith in the United States and by William Kloen in the United Kingdom. It was first called melainotype, then ferrotype by V. M. Griswold of Ohio, [7] a rival manufacturer of the iron plates, then finally tintype. [8]

  4. Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America - Wikipedia

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    In the later days of the Culture the metal was almost exclusively used for ceremonial items. [45] However, Lake Superior, as a unique source of copper for over 6,000 years has recently come into some criticism, particularly since other deposits have been found that other archiac cultures mined on a much smaller scale. [53] [54]

  5. History of the steel industry (1850–1970) - Wikipedia

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    Steel is an alloy composed of between 0.2 and 2.0 percent carbon, with the balance being iron. From prehistory through the creation of the blast furnace, iron was produced from iron ore as wrought iron, 99.82–100 percent Fe, and the process of making steel involved adding carbon to iron, usually in a serendipitous manner, in the forge, or via the cementation process.

  6. Iron and steel industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Middletown, Ohio: Cleveland-Cliffs: Cleveland Works Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland-Cliffs: Dearborn Works Dearborn, Michigan: Cleveland-Cliffs: One operating blast furnace ("A") Formerly Severstal Dearborn (2004–2014) Previously Rouge Steel (1989–2004) Previously Ford Rouge Plant (1910–1989) Great Lakes Works River Rouge and Ecorse, Michigan ...

  7. Mound Builders - Wikipedia

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    The first mound building was an early marker of political and social complexity among the cultures in the Eastern United States. Watson Brake in Louisiana, constructed about 3500 BCE during the Middle Archaic period , is the oldest known and dated mound complex in North America.

  8. What is the true history of the California roll? The sushi ...

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    The California roll as it’s known today is made with a few common ingredients: avocado, cucumber and crabmeat (or imitation crabmeat) which come wrapped in seaweed and sushi rice.

  9. History of metal - Wikipedia

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    History of metal may refer to: Metallurgy#History; Heavy metal music#History This page was last edited on 28 ...