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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Bessemer bes´emer , city (1990 pop. 33,497), Jefferson co., N central Ala.; inc. 1887. Founded as a mining town in a mineral-rich area, it was named after Sir Henry Bessemer , inventor of the Bessemer process for manufacturing steel, and had significant iron and steel industries. There is metal fabrication and the manufacture of construction and railroad equipment and foundry products. Author not available, BESSEMER. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Sir Henry Bessemer
Sir Henry Bessemer The English inventor Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) was a pioneer in the manufacture of inexpensive...of the steelmaking process which bears his name. Henry Bessemer was born Jan. 19, 1813, in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. He... Read more

Bessemer process
...converting pig iron to steel invented by Henry Bessemer in England in 1856 and brought by him...L. Holley built the first successful Bessemer steel plant in the U.S. in 1865. High-volu...steel in Britain and the U.S. by the Bessemer process soon revolutionized building... Read more

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	CLASS SIZES BALLOON AT BESSEMER; A STUDENT EXODUS FROM A NEARBY MAGNET SCHOOL BOOSTS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S CLASS SIZES.(GENERAL NEWS) ; ...GREENSBORO -- LaConya Best wishes her Bessemer Elementary kindergarten students could...other Guilford County public schools like Bessemer. The east Greensboro school has become...Hampton students chose to transfer to Bessemer, the school lacked the teachers and classrooms... Read more
	Bessemer civic leader to receive national award. ; ...years ago Dave Balsick was a stranger in Bessemer. A Pueblo native, Balsick came to the...business. Now, the longtime president of the Bessemer Association for Neighborhood Development...looking for a place to expand. At the time, Bessemer was in decline and the property prices... Read more
	Salazar opposes Aurora leases on Bessemer Ditch. ; ...Valley, specifically if it targets the Bessemer Ditch. The city of 300,000 east of Denver has not made any specific offer to the Bessemer Ditch, or any other irrigation company...with the Rocky Ford High Line Canal. Bessemer Ditch board members confirmed there is... Read more
	Novatec under new ownership.(Conrad Bessemer)(Lawrence DeBaugh)(Column) ; ...investors led by auxiliary equipment veterans Conrad Bessemer and Lawrence DeBaugh. Bessemer will be Novatec's president and chief executive...who was president of Novatec, now is chairman. Bessemer declined to identify other investors or say... Read more
	The birth of Bessemer: Town thrived in the shadow of smelters and steel works. ; ...Steel Works -- each preceded the town of Bessemer on the cactus flats beyond South Pueblo...February 1880 on a hot-blast furnace, Bessemer converter, blooming mill, rail mill...year it began organizing a town called Bessemer. Houses were built through a company... Read more
	Humble Bessemer lives on in memories of school's alumni.(Triad) ; ...Those schools thrive. Not so with Bessemer School, on the city's eastern edge...1911 to 1963. Alumni must explain Bessemer. It's hard, says graduate R.L...having a school to cheer for. For Bessemer to be No. 1 in sports, for all... Read more
	LEADER TURNS SCHOOL AROUND< PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR LESLIE DUNN'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE BESSEMER ELEMENTARY ARE PAYING OFF.(PEOPLE & PLACES) ; Byline: JENNIFER ATKINS BROWN Staff Writer BESSEMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- Kimaria Pinson...spirits of the students and staff at Bessemer, as well as bringing up grades and end-of-g...hool's 2004 Wachovia Principal of the Year. Bessemer's principal since September 2002, Dunn... Read more
	Bessemer class of '57 gathers for reunion.(Triad) ; Bessemer High School's class of 1957 had a long-overdue reunion...school shut its doors in 1963. The building at 3012 East Bessemer Ave. is now home to Erwin Montessori School. The school...class put together a Web site and book for classmates. The Bessemer community when we went to school was the most ... Read more
	Blast From the Past: THE EXPANDED BESSEMER COURT IS LITTLE MORE THAN HOT AIR ; As much as anybody else, Henry Bessemer made Pittsburgh the steel city. In 1855...ea's century-long reign in that industry. Bessemer technology has been long since supplanted...steel industry has collapsed. Still, a Bessemer converter -- a 20-some-foot-tall, dome-topp... Read more
	Punctuating the past: Bessemer Indicator newspaper provides glimpse of town's history. ; ...bound volumes offer a colorful snapshot of Bessemer 115 years ago. Two years' worth of The Bessemer Indicator, a four-page weekly newspaper...Mineral Palace. The Indicator called itself Bessemer's official newspaper. The first edition... Read more

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