Andrew Carnegie Career

Carnegie takes a job at the Pennsylvania railroad

1853

Andrew becomes the personal telegrapher and assistant to Thomas Scott, the superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad's western division, and is paid $35 per month.

Carnegie founds keystone telegraph company

1867

Carnegie establishes the Keystone Telegraph Company with associates from the railroad. The company receives permission from the Pennsylvania Railroad to have telegraph wire across the railroad's poles, which stretch across the entire state.