Formed in 1890, it was named after a process for steel manufacture.
Lackawanna was a center of steel manufacture throughout most of the 20th century.
The city is the centre of the country's steel manufacture.
Although, at one time, workers were bussed in from miles around, the steel works now employ 800 workers, and steel manufacture is due to continue.
Large-scale steel manufacture began in 1725, at the end of the reign of Peter the Great.
In the domestic market coal use will be concentrated largely on electricity generation and steel manufacture.
The coal is mostly used for electric power generation, with some also used in steel manufacture.
The proximity of the iron and coal also made this an ideal place for steel manufacture.
We need to start up steel manufacture again, reversing the ridiculous decision to sell the industry to India and lose it to the subcontinent.
The Bessemer process for steel manufacture produced too many imperfections for large-scale use on ships.