The Invention and Development of the Bessemer Converter (2023)

[Revised Sound Version]
A film of an online lecture originally given by David Eaton on 13 December 2023 at Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield.
Kelham Island Museum is the home of the last Bessemer Converter used at a steelworks at Workington in Cumbria until it was de-commissioned by British Steel in 1974. A copy of a film showing its final days in Workington can be seen at • Steel Making by Bessem...
Whilst the lecture is on a topic not directly associated with the Hawley Collection focus on tools, Bessemer's work was central to the evolution of high quality steel that was the foundation of Sheffield's tool making trades.
The lecture followed the evolution of Bessemer's invention as well as the controversies it also generated.
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