Bessemer may refer to:
Places
Canada
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Bessemer, Ontario
United States
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Bessemer, Alabama
Bessemer is a southwestern suburb of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census. It is within the Birmingham- Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area, of which Jefferson County is the ...
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Bessemer Airport
Bessemer Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Bessemer, a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrat ...
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Bessemer Civic Center
The Bessemer Civic Center is a performing arts and convention center located in Bessemer, Alabama, a Birmingham suburb. The Civic Center's main hall features of main space. A mezzanine measuring overlooks the main hall and can be used for addit ...
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Bessemer, Colorado
Bessemer, Colorado was a city in Colorado that was incorporated in 1886. The community was named after Henry Bessemer, an English inventor. It was one of four adjacent towns settled after the Colorado Gold Rush of 1859. The communities of South P ...
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Bessemer, Michigan
Bessemer is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,805. It is the county seat of Gogebic County.
The city is surrounded by Bessemer Township, but the two are administered autonomously. It is on U.S ...
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Bessemer City, North Carolina
Bessemer City is a small Suburb, suburban city in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 5,340 (as of the 2010 census). The city is approximately northwest of Gastonia, North Carolina, Gastonia and west of Charlotte, No ...
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Bessemer, Ohio Bessemer is an unincorporated community in Athens County, in the U.S. state of Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 1 ...
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Bessemer, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) Bessemer, Pennsylvania may refer to:
*Bessemer, North Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
*Bessemer, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Bessemer is a borough in western Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,073 at the ...
, multiple locations
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Bessemer Mountain
Bessemer Mountain is a mountain summit located in King County of Washington state. It is situated at the western edge of the Cascade Range, on land managed by Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Bessemer Mountain is more notable for its la ...
, a summit in Washington state
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Bessemer Township, Michigan
Bessemer Township is a civil township of Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 1,176.
Communities
*Anvil Location is a village established in 1886, associated with an iron mine, the Anv ...
*A fictitious town in Upstate New York in
David Stout
David Stout (May 13, 1942 – February 11, 2020) was a journalist and author of mystery novels, two of which have been turned into TV movies, and of non-fiction about violent crime. For his first novel, ''Carolina Skeletons'', he won the Edgar A ...
's novel ''The Night of the Ice Storm''
Other uses
* The
Bessemer process
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is steelmaking, removal of impurities from the iron by ox ...
, the first inexpensive industrial production method for steel
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Bessemer (surname)
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SS ''Bessemer'', a Victorian experimental paddle steamer
* ''Bessemer'', a
GWR 3031 Class
The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...
locomotive
See also
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German-language surnames