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Birth of Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland to a poor weaver who
brought his family to America. -
Andrew makes his own company
Carnegie left the railroad
and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron. -
Gained control of a quarter of American iron and steel
Eight
years later he started his first steel mill, and by 1899, when he consolidated
into the Carnegie Steel Company he controlled a quarter of American iron
and steel production.