TABLE 17
RATES OF GROWTH IN STEEL INGOTS AND CASTINGS PRODUCED, 1871-1960
(Production in Thousand Long Tons)
Period
Average
Production
Percent
Increase
Over
Previous
Decade
Ho. Yrs.
Output
Advanced,
Declined
Over
Previous
Year's
Levels of
Production
Adv.
Dec.
Lowest
Highest
1951-1960
91,180
21.3
5
5
78,850
(1954)
104,496
(1955)
1941-1950
75,179
110.8
7
3
59,k67
(1946)
86,46l
(1950)
1931-1940
35,664
16.2
7
3
13,681
(1932)
59,806
(1940)
1921-1930
42,556
21.6
6
4
19,784
(1921)
56,433
(1929)
1911-1920
35,099
87.0
6
4
23,676
(1911)
45,061
(1917)
1901-1910
18,767
186.2
6
4
13,474
(1901)
26,095
(1910)
1891-1900
6,558
165.2
6
4
3,904
(1891)
10,640
(1899)
1881-1890
2,473
390.7
7
3
1,551
(1884)
4, 277
(1890)
1871-1880
504
n/a
10
0
73
(1871)
1,24 7
(1880)
Source: Computed on data in Historical Statistics, pp. Ul6-17, Series P-203.
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