Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison: Lighting Our Way Into the Future

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Henry Bessemer and the Brooklyn Bridge


The Brooklyn Bridge circa 1900 was made possible due to Henry Bessemer's Process of making large quantities of quality steel

Compressed air was forced into the bottom of  a converter that contained molton pig iron

The excess carbon burns out of the iron and other impurities seperate to form what is called a "Slag"