Andrew Carnagie

By Julia Gleaves7
  • Andrew Carnegie is born

    Andrew Carnegie is born

    Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor family.
  • Carnegie starts his own railroad company

    Carnegie starts his own railroad company

    Carnegie left behind his old job of working as a private secretary to a railroad company in order to start his own company making railroad bridges from iron.
  • Carnegie owns a quarter of American Iron and steel production.

    Carnegie owns a quarter of American Iron and steel production.

    After successfully creating a steel mill and iron railroad bridge company, Andrew Carnegie owned a quarter of American Iron and steel production, retiring 2 years later.