The Life of Andrew Carnegie

By Nash Dolan

  • Birth

    Birth
    Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver.

  • Moved

    Moved
    Moved to America with his family when he was 13.

  • Work

    Work
    When he was eighteen he was working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the private secretary to a railroad official named Thomas Alexander Scott.

  • Started His Own Company

    Started His Own Company
    Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron when he was 30.

  • Steel Mill

    Steel Mill
    Started his first steel mill when he was 38.

  • Quarter of American Iron And Steel

    Quarter of American Iron And Steel
    He controlled a quarter of American iron and steel production.