Andrew Carnegie and The Mass Production of Steel
Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835 and died on August 11, 1919.
The photo to the left is Carnegie in 1913.
Andrew was a Scottish-American Industrialist who led the great expansion of the American Steel industry in the late 19th century. Born in Scotland, and emigrated when he was around 13 years old. He started his first job as a factory worker. Later on, he becaome a bill logger for the owner of the company. Soon after he became a messenger boy. Eventually he progressed up the ranks of a telegraph company.
He built the Carnegie Steel Company located in Pittsburgh. Later the company merged with Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company and several smaller companies which then created the company, or monopoly, U.S. Steel. With some money he made from the company, he built Carnegie Hall, and later turned to philanthropy, or the desire to promote the welfare of others (expressed by the generous donation of money to good causes). He was also interested in education, founding a few new other buildings. Some of these buildings include the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institutuion of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
This is Carnegie's picture located in the National Portrait Gallery:
Carnegie gave most of hs money to establish many libraries, schools, and universities. The location of some are in the Unitetd States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries. He also started a pension fund for former employees.
He is referred to as the second richest man in history, after John D. Rockefeller, the owner of Standard Oil. He started as a telegrapher and by the 1860s he had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges, and oil derricks. He gained even more wealth as a bond salesman, raising money for American enterprise in Europe. He earned most of his welth in the steel industry.
Source for the information and the first photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
Source for the second photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Andrew_Carnegie_in_National_Portrait_Gallery_IMG_4441.JPG
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