An interesting read from 1884(p.82-83), http://books.google.com/books?id=zCdYHug...eel&f=false , that notes that Sir Henry Bessemer was going to patent/allow the use of a patent thru payment for his crucible steel(tiegelsteel??) process in Belgium but Krupp stepped in and swung his big steel bat which resulted in the whole lot going to Krupp of Essen possibly being the origins of the "Fluss Stahl" that we are familiar with. Interesting the fact that 2 Belgian steel craftsmen traveled to Essen to seen employment in what looks to be industrial esponiage but may have been the beginnings of a Krupp-Leige partnership/agreement.

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Raimey
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