When did America invent steel?
The history of the modern steel industry began in the late 1850s. Since then, steel has become a staple of the world’s industrial economy.
Who originally invented steel?
Henry Bessemer, in full Sir Henry Bessemer, (born January 19, 1813, Charlton, Hertfordshire, England—died March 15, 1898, London), inventor and engineer who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively (1856), leading to the development of the Bessemer converter.
