resting_place death_place death_date home_town birth_place birth_date article_title name
allegheny cemetery pittsburgh 05 december 1909 pittsburgh pittsburgh 03 september 1838 william metcalf -lrb- steel -rrb-
 william metcalf
william metcalf -lrb- steel -rrb-

william metcalf -lrb- 1838 -- 1909 -rrb- was an american steel manufacturer .
metcalf was born at pittsburgh , pennsylvania , and graduated from rensselaer polytechnic institute .
troy , new york , in 1858 .
in 1860 -- 65 , he had charge of the manufacture of the heavy rodman and dahlgren guns at the fort pitt foundry in pittsburgh , where most of the heavy artillery used by the federal government during the civil war was made .
after 1868 he was engaged continuously in steel manufacturing , and in 1897 he organized the braeburn steel company , of which he was the head until his death .
he is credited with having made the first crucible steel in america .
in 1881 he served as president of the american institute of mining engineers and in 1893 he held the presidency of the american society of civil engineers .
he published `` steel -- a manual for steel-users '' -lrb- 1896 -rrb- .
he died in pittsburgh on december 5 , 1909 .
