Name: Bessemer Bend
County: Natrona
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Longitude: 1063141W
Latitude: 424553N
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Elevation: 5194/1583
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Feature Type: Bend
Origin of Name:
Name derived from a steel known as "Bessemer steel."
Source: WPA
Several places ... named for Sir Henry Bessemer, who invented the process of reducing iron ore.
Source: Gannett
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1:24000 Quadrangle: Emigrant Gap
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