1. Steel Production Locational Change
Locational Change of the Steel Industry in Britain Steel production is a weight losing industry (i.e. the raw material weighs more than the finished product). ... However the process used was very inefficient thus the iron yield very low, additionally the energy source (charcoal/wood) was running out This problem was solved by Abraham Darby (in 1709 at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire) who perfected the method of using coke to smelt iron ore. This method increased the efficiency and speed of iron production, leading to a huge uptake of iron as a material and thus the amount produced (form 17,...
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