Andrew Carnegie timeline

  • The birth of Andrew Carnegie

    The birth of Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver.
  • Andrew Carnegie started his own company

    Andrew Carnegie started his own company
    In 1865 Carnegie left the railroad
    and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron.
  • Retirement of Andrew Carnegie

    Retirement of Andrew Carnegie
    Carnegie retired in 1901 after he consolidated
    into the Carnegie Steel Company he controlled a quarter of American iron
    and steel production.