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Andrew Carnegie

  • Birth of Andrew Carnegie

    Birth of Andrew Carnegie
    Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver who brought his family to America in 1848.
  • Carnegie's first own company

    Carnegie's first own company
    In 1856 Carnegie quit his first job, and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron.
  • first steel mill

    first steel mill
    In 1899 he opened his first steel mill which later got the name "Carnegie Steel Company". Later he controlled a quarter of America's steel production.