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
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Bessemer Civic Center
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Bessemer, Colorado
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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 ...
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Bessemer City, North Carolina
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Bessemer, Ohio
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Bessemer, Pennsylvania (disambiguation), multiple locations
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Bessemer Mountain, a summit in Washington state
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Bessemer Township, Michigan
*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 ...
'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 removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation wit ...
, 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