[DOC] [TLE] History of the steel industry (18501970) - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of the modern steel industry began in the late 1850s, but since then, 
steel has been ... 3 Australia; 4 Germany; 5 France; 6 Italy; 7 United States ... 
From prehistory through the creation of the blast furnace, iron was produced from 
iron ... Britain led the world's Industrial Revolution with its early commitment to 
coal... [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Iron and Steel Manufacture - Saint Anselm College [PAR] Iron is the fourth most abundant element and makes up more than five percent of 
.... which in turn led to skyrocketing production of cheap steel in Europe and the 
U.S. In ... Steel Manufacture in the United States in the Nineteenth Century, pp. [DOC] [TLE] Iron and Steel - Encyclopedia of Chicago [PAR] Because most of the iron ore used by the American steel industry during its ... 
costs than their competitors elsewhere, especially after 1924, when U.S. ... of 
Bessemer steel ingotsthe first such rails produced in the United States. ... 
During the first part of the twentieth century, Amalgamated and other groups led 
organized... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War and Industrial Expansion, 18601897 (Overview ... [PAR] The population of the United States more than doubled during this period. ... 
profoundly shaped the development of the U.S. economy for the rest of the 
century. ... The expansion of iron and steel production led to comparable 
increases in iron... [DOC] [TLE] The Importance of Steel - ETHW [PAR] The rise of the steel industry in the United States drove America's growth as a ... 
With the abundant iron ore deposits around Lake Superior, the rich coal veins of 
.... century, steel production increased from 1.25 million tons to more than 10... [DOC] [TLE] Oil Industry - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] The iron and steel industry spawned new construction materials, the ... fuel of the 
20th century and an integral part of the American economy. ... Additional 
discoveries near the Drake well had led to the creation of ... Oil production in the 
United States by 1909 more than equaled that of the rest of the world combined. [DOC] [TLE] The Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900 | The Gilder Lehrman ... [PAR] Between 1877 and 1900 immigrants prompted much more concern among ... 
Everything in the late nineteenth century seemed to move faster than ever before. 
... lands led to what superficially seems a paradox: the more farmers there were
and ... They consumed the majority of iron and steel produced in the United 
States... [DOC] [TLE] The Pennsylvania Iron Industry: Furnace and Forge of America [PAR] For more than a century, Pennsylvania was the ironmaking center of America. ... 
Pennsylvania led the colonies and nation in iron production. ... of the United 
States Steel Corporation, which controlled sixty percent of all pig iron production, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] a century of industry in pennsylvania - Open Journal Systems [PAR] ing more capital and more technical processes than were common to most 
industry of the ... dustrial revolution in America, but it should be clear that earlier 
evidences of ... and of bookbinding, the state also led as a result of Philadelphia's 
position.2 ..... vania's industrial production was iron and steel and the state was 
making... [DOC] [TLE] The United States to 1910 [PAR] The United States led the world in the production of iron and steel, and it led ... at 
the beginning of the century people in the US were able to buy more than they... [DOC] [TLE] A History of the United States Steel Industry - Rodney Ohebsion [PAR] The Tremendous Modern Expansion of the Iron and Steel Industry which Began 
... If this unparalleled development had been the result of centuries, it would still 
be ..... produced more great steel-makers than any other works in the United 
States, ... For two decades Great Britain led the world in the making of Bessemer 
steel. [DOC] [TLE] Steel Mills - Ohio History Central [PAR] Steelworkers manufacturing cotton ties at Upper Union Mills, Carnegie Steel 
Company, ... to the state's iron manufacturing, by the second half of the 
nineteenth century ... After the American Civil War, iron manufacturers in

Question: This state led the U.S. in the production of iron & steel for more than a century
Answer: Pennsylvania