Question

Compare and contrast the development of the Iron and Steel industry in Pittsburgh and in Jamshedpur

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Answer 1

Explanation:

It is an important steel city of the United States of America. The steel industry at Pittsburgh enjoys locational advantages. Some of the raw material such as coal is available locally, while the iron ore comes from the iron mines at Minnesota.The Ohio, the Monogahela and Allegheny rivers provide adequate water supply. They use steel as their raw material to make many different products such as railroad equipment, heavy machinery and rails.

SHORTCUT

Tata Iron and Steel Plant

TISCO is one of the largest manufacturing plants in Asia. It is situated at Jamshedpur. It is the oldest steel plant in the country. It was established by Jamshedji Tata in 1907 an started production in 1911. The following factors were responsible for the plant being located at Jamshedpur.

i) Location ii) Availability of raw materials iii) Power supply iv) Water supply v) Labour force vi) Market vii) Transport facilities.