<p>The iron industry had already been a force in the Northern Panhandle when the Bessemer process brought steel into the fore.  There were steel mills in various towns around the state like Clarksburg, Huntington and Morgantown, but Wheeling and Weirton set the pace not only in the state but in steel production on the world stage. </p>

The iron industry had already been a force in the Northern Panhandle when the Bessemer process brought steel into the fore. There were steel mills in various towns around the state like Clarksburg, Huntington and Morgantown, but Wheeling and Weirton set the pace not only in the state but in steel production on the world stage.

<p>The iron industry had already been a force in the Northern Panhandle when the Bessemer process brought steel into the fore.&nbsp; There were steel mills in various towns around the state like Clarksburg, Huntington and Morgantown, but Wheeling and Weirton set the pace not only in the state but in steel production on the world stage.&nbsp;</p>

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