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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
In 1856 Carnegie quit his first job, and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron. -
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.