Barbed Wire
I. The barbed wire was invented by Leonce Eugene Grassin-Baledans in 1860. It was used as fencing wire, consisting of flat and thin wire with bristling points. The writing will be about when it was created. In addition, the events that came before it and how it influenced people.
II. Facts for why the barbed was created and that time and place.
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Barbed wire was a major source in the U.S. West with the "Big Die Up" incident in the 1880's.
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Cattle and prisoner restrained.
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Make the fence cutters to come to an end.
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Barbed wire became extensively used in war, like the Boer War.
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Barbed wire able to overcome the weather and most heavy bombardments.
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Barbed wire was used in concentration camp architecture, it usually surrounded the camp and was electrified to prevent escape.
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Cheap, easy to install, transmits electricity, and deadly.
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Bordering or division in areas.
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In 1898, John Gates created the American Steel and Wire monopoly, which became a part of the United States Steel Corporation.
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Resulted to severe injuries to the skin.
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Barbed wire continues to be used modern days.
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From the 1500s to 1800, livestock enclosures was made from rail fences of timber , rock walls, brush, hedge fences and ditches. The shortage of raw materials and the amount of labor required in construction limited these fences to small enclosures around homesteads and ranches.
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John Gates moved to St. Louis and founded the Southern Wire Company, which became the largest manufacturer of barbed wire. An 1880 US District Court decision upheld the validity of the Glidden patent, effectively establishing a monopoly. In 1898 Gates took control of Washburn and Moen, and created the American Steel and Wire monopoly, which became a part of the United States Steel Corporation. The working level increased due to need...
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