| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Also, railroads were essential for moving coal and iron ore and without them a place like Birmingham, AL could not have become a steel center after the Civil War.According to Fogel, railroads did not use as much iron as had been generally assumed, consuming only about 25% of production, while nails, hardware, shovels and other tools used more iron.
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