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Birth
Andrew Carnegie was born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. Son of William and Margaret Carnegie. -
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Andrew Carnegie's life
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Messenger
Carnegie becomes a messenger boy in the Pittsburgh telegraph office. -
His father dies
At age 20 Carnegie has to work after his mother and brother because his father dies. He has to take care of his mother and younger brother -
MOVING
Carnegie moves to New York to improve business. -
Steel Bridge
Carnegie finishes the bridge that crosses the Missippi and holds weight for cars to pass is mostly made of iron but incorporates large amounts of steel. People say they actually took an elephant to test the weight capacity of the bridge plus the people of the town. So an elephant and lots of people. Carnegie knew that if the bridge could hold the elephant plus all of the people it could hold the weight of all the cars, mostly because there were a lot of people. -
Contract
Carnegie steel lands a contract to manufacture steel beams to build the Brooklyn Bridge. -
Libraries
Carnegie builds another library. By the time he dies he had build 2,811 libraries and 1946 in the United States -
Death of Family
Carnegie's mother and brother died. Same. Exact. Year. That is really sad. -
Marriage
Andrew Carnegie marries Louise Whitfield. -
Carnegie Steel sold
Carnegie sold his business of Carnegie Steel to J.P. Morgan. -
DEATH
Carnegie dies at his Shadowbrook Estate Lenox, Massachusetts. Given away 90% of his fortune.
