Andrew Carneige timeline

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  • Andrew Carneige was born

    Andrew Carneige was born

    Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver who brought his family to America in 1848.
  • Andrew turned eighteen and started working

    Andrew turned eighteen and started working

    He was working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the private secretary to a railroad official named Thomas Alexander Scott.
  • Andrew Carneige left his private secretary job to start his own railroad company

    Andrew Carneige left his private secretary job to start his own railroad company

    His company was a company that made railroad bridges from iron
  • Carneige consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company

    Carneige consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company

    He controlled a quarter of American iron
    and steel production.
  • Andrew Carneige retired

    Andrew Carneige retired

    After retiring, he devoted the last eighteen years of his life to using his wealth for the public good.
  • Gave a gift of $125 million to establish the Carnegie Corporation of America

    Gave a gift of $125 million to establish the Carnegie Corporation of America

    Provided funding to institutions and organizations that conduct research on education and public affairs