Bessemer steel works at Troy, New York

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The Bessemer steel works at Troy, New York was one of the earliest and most influential American plants to adopt the Bessemer process, helping to pioneer large-scale steel production in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical industrial site
industrial facility
steel plant
associatedWith American railroad expansion
growth of heavy industry in the northeastern United States
category 19th-century steel plants in the United States
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Industrial history of Troy, New York
contributedTo development of large-scale steelmaking in the United States
early adoption of Bessemer technology in American industry
country United States of America
surface form: United States
era 19th century industrialization in the United States
historicalRole early adopter of European steelmaking technology in America
pioneer in mass production of steel in the United States
industry iron and steel manufacturing
steel industry
influenced subsequent American steel plants using the Bessemer process
locatedIn New York
surface form: New York (state)

Northeastern United States
Rensselaer County, New York NERFINISHED
Troy, New York
locatedOn Hudson River industrial corridor
surface form: Hudson River region
partOf early American Bessemer steel industry
product Bessemer steel
steel rails
structural steel
region Capital District of New York
significance helped pioneer large-scale steel production in the United States
important early center of Bessemer steel production in the United States
one of the earliest American plants to adopt the Bessemer process
technology converter-based steelmaking
usedProcess Bessemer process

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Alexander Lyman Holley designed Bessemer steel works at Troy, New York
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