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Community Beginnings - Bessemer

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The settlement is located 12 miles east of Bancroft. It
was named after Harry Bessemer, an Englishmen known for his process of
manufacturing steel from cast iron. The community grew around the Bessemer
Iron Mines that opened in 1906 and operated until the first World War.
Source:
Places in Ontario
Nick & Helma Mika
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