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  Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver
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  In 1865 Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron.
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   In 1873 Carnegie started his first steel mill, In 1873 Carnegie started his first steel mill,
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  Andrew Carnegie consolidated
 the Carnegie Steel Company he controlled a quarter of American iron and steel production.
