Iron valley : the transformation of the iron industry in Ohio's Mahoning Valley, 1802-1913 / Clayton J. Ruminski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruminski, Clayton J., author.

Series:

Trillium Bks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iron industry and trade--Mahoning River Valley (Ohio and Pa.)--History--19th century.

Iron industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbus, Ohio : Trillium, 2017.

Summary:

Youngstown, Ohio, and the surrounding Mahoning Valley supplied the iron that helped transform the United States into an industrial powerhouse in the nineteenth century.The story of the Mahoning Valley's unorthodox rise from mid-scale iron producer to twentieth-century "Steel Valley" is a tale of innovation, stagnation, and, above all, extreme.

Contents:

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword and Acknowledgments

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Development and Struggle, 1802-1840

CHAPTER 2 Brier Hill Coal and "Merchantable" Pig Iron, 1840-1856

CHAPTER 3 Railroads, Coal, Iron, and War, 1856-1865

CHAPTER 4 Expansion and Depression, 1865-1879

CHAPTER 5 The Pressure of Steel, 1879-1894

CHAPTER 6 Steel, Consolidation, and the Fall of Iron, 1894-1913

Epilogue

APPENDIX A Tables: Iron and Steel Works in the Mahoning Valley

APPENDIX B Maps: Evolution of Iron and Steel Works in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys, 1850-1930

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8142-7447-1

OCLC:

981173497