iron and steel Flashcards
before the great war how much british steel and pig iron did scotland manufacture
about 20% of british steel and 13% of british pig iron
were were great quantities of steel being produced in scotland
parkhead forge in glasgow owned by beardmores - it specialised in making armour platting for royal; navy battleships
how did scotlands steel industry do durring the war and what was production like
the steel industry thrived durring the war
in 1914 scotland produced 1.2 million tones of steel, by 1918 this figure doubled to 2.4 million tonnes
how much armour platting came from glasgow durring the war and how many scots men were employed in the steel making industry full time
90% of armour platting produced durring the war came from glasgow
24,000 men were in full time employment making steel during the war
what happened to scottish iron and steel industry’s after the war
once the replacement boom was over in 1921 and shipbuilding had come to a virtual standstill this greatly reduced demand for iron and steel
other country’s had increased there steel making capacity’s and scottish manufactures could not compete
by the mid 1930’s how many major steel firms were there in scotland and how did this change and in what year
by the mid 1930’s there were only 3 major steel firms left in scotland and in 1936 they merged in an attempt to become profitable
