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how to identify a location for an industry
the type of location that would need to be near a iron and steel industry is: local ore supplies local transport routes and water power
Factors included a boom in the railroad industry, steel industry, and oil industry; and an increase in immigration and migration
Issues affecting the industry in 2004 included a significant increase in steel prices, which was expected to push mattress prices higher.
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It had a port and railroad for tranportation, ore and coal.
steel industry first emerged
Andrew Carnegie was known for his business in the Steel Industry. By buying out other companies in the industry, he created what is known as a vertical monopoly, where he controls an industry through the whole process. i.e. He owned companies that mined the materials, transported them, processed them, and forged the steel for the final product. He used the City of Pittsburgh as the location for his steel mills, because of the ease of transportation by means of the three rivers. This is also why Pittsburgh is referred to as the Steel City - steel was the main industry of the city. Go Steelers
Two important factors. 1. It is the backbone of the industry Why? 2. Trade. For example the RuhrArea in Germany.
Most steel wire industry workers are in the United Steel Workers of America
The steel industry was created to produce steel to supply the demand from manufacturers, civil engineers and builders.