What is Bessemer Process and how it enabled the construction of skyscrapers?

☑️Bessemer process is a process of making steel from pig iron by burning out impurities (as carbon) by means of a blast of air forced through the hot liquid metal.

☑️It was the first inexpensive industrial process that allowed for the mass production of steel.

☑️This term bears its name from Henry Bessemer (1813-1898), an English inventor and engineer, devoted to metallurgy ⬆️.

☑️Though named after Bessemer, before it was commercialized, this process evolved from the contributions of many investigators, eg an American, William Kelly, who had also been working on a similar process for making steel.

🔘In any case, this breakthrough opened the door for builders to start making taller and taller structures.

ℹ️Modern steel is still made using technology based on Bessemer process.

ℹ️Taller buildings were also made possible through the invention of the electric elevator and lighting.

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