Question

Why was the development of the Bessemer process important to Great

Britain's Industrial Revolution?

Answer 1

The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron

Answer 2

The Bessemer Process and the Industrial Revolution

Once steel became cheaper and easy to mass-produce, stronger rails for railroads were able to be built. ... While railroads are one of the key ways that the Bessemer Process changed the world, one of the other ways was through the possibility of skyscrapers.