[Sir Henry Bessemer]’s method for turning pig iron into steel was a great boon to industry because it made production faster and more cost-effective. More importantly, [Bessemer]’s process ...

It was known as the 'Iron Burgh'.This is a bar of pig iron discovered during excavations on the site of Summerlee Iron Works in Coatbridge, near Glasgow. Summerlee was one of the first iron works ...