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Timeline of Andrew Carnegie

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  • Carnegie was born.

    Carnegie was born.
    Carnegie was born to a poor weaver in Scotland.

  • Carnegie and his family move to America

    Carnegie and his family move to America
    Andrew Carnegie and his family moved to America from Scotland. This would change Andrew´s life forever.

  • Working in Pennsylvania.

    Working in Pennsylvania.
    Carnegie at the age of 18 was working in Pittsburgh as a private secretary to a railroad official named Thomas Alexander Scott.

  • Carnegie becomes a business owner.

    Carnegie becomes a business owner.
    Carnegie leaves the railroad to start his own company making railroads out of iron.

  • Steel Mill

    Steel Mill
    Eight years after he started his railroad business, Carnegie started his first steel mill.

  • Carnegie takes control

    Carnegie takes control
    when he consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company, he controlled a quarter of American iron and steel production.