Steel and Iron Production Comparison

Data Sources

British Data Mitchell, B. R., & Deane, P. (1971). Abstract of British Historical Statistics. Cambridge University Press; Allen, R. C. (1979). International competition in iron and steel, 1850-1913. The Journal of Economic History, 39(4), 911-937.

United States Data U.S. Geological Survey. (n.d.). Iron and steel - Historical statistics (Data Series 140); The entire history of steel. (n.d.). MATIL.

Analysis/Supplemental Warren, K. (1973). The American steel industry, 1850-1970: A geographical interpretation. Clarendon Press; Broadberry, S., & Irwin, D. A. (2004). Labor productivity in the United States and the United Kingdom during the nineteenth century (NBER Working Paper No. 10364).