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Peter Coopers locomotive, Tom Thumb, travels a distance of 13 miles.
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The invention of the safety elevator by Elisha Otis allowed for the construction of skyscrapers. Elevators had previously existed, but Otis created a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails.
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The first railroad appeared in Arkansas in 1858. The railroad connected the towns of West Memphis and Madison.
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The First Transcontinental Railroad took six years to build and was a total of 1,907 miles.
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The Edgar Thompson Steel Works was the first steel mill constructed by Andrew Carnegie, who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. It was located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
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The Home Insurance Building in CHicago, Illinois, is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was 10 stories high.
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The Rand McNally Building in Chicago in 1889 was the first all-steel framed skyscraper.
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Thomas Hart Benton, the painter of The Steel Mill and Study for Slow Train Through Arkansas, was born April 15, 1889.
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Samuel L. Margolies, the painter of Men of Steel, was born in 1897.
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J. Pierpont Morgan and Elbert H. Gary founded the US Steel Corporation in 1901. It controlled more than 60 percent of the American market.
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Figure 2, Thomas Hart Benton, Study for Slow Train Through Arkansas, Oil on paper, ca. 1929, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
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Figure 1, Thomas Hart Benton, The Steel Mill, Oil on canvas mounted on board, 1930, 48 x 30 inches, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
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The Empire State Building in New York was completed in 1931. It is 102 stories and was the tallest building in the world from 1931 to 1972.
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Figure 3, Samuel L. Margolies, Men of Steel, Drypoint, 1940, 14.9375 x 11.75 inches, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
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In 1969, the United States as a whole produced 141,262,000 tons of steel.
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The first Twin Tower was completed in 1972, surpassing the Empire State Building for the tallest building in the world.
