It is a strong inexpensive durable metal that is used to make machinery.
Iron was one the sources in the industrial revolution.
The use of coke pig iron in iron production made producing iron easier and caused a rapid expansion of its use during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution allowed many countries to experience economic growth.
iron and coal
coal, iron, textiles, transportation, and pottery. (shark)
Steel was lighter, cheaper, and stronger than iron, allowing for constructions and technologies that were impossible before. Steel was important to Second Industrial Revolution because it was much lighter compared to iron. --------------- It was cheaper than iron.
coal, iron, textiles, transportation, and pottery. (shark)
Steel was lighter, cheaper, and stronger than iron, allowing for constructions and technologies that were impossible before. Steel was important to Second Industrial Revolution because it was much lighter compared to iron. --------------- It was cheaper than iron.
Thomas Southcliffe Ashton has written: 'The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1830' 'Iron and steel in the industrial revolution' -- subject(s): History, Iron industry and trade, Steel industry and trade
Iron Bridge
Britain had lots of coal and iron available
Being able to produce iron using a more abundant product increased industrial capability....im positive ADDED: The development of iron-smelting - and melting of the finished iron - by coke was indeed vital to the Industrial Revolution, by allowing larger rates of iron production; and coal hence coke was more abundant than the charcoal hitherto used.
Coal in the midlands