life of andrew carnegie

By dylancoe
  • Andrew Carnegie was born

    Andrew Carnegie was born

    Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver
  • by 18, he started working for a railroad official

    by 18, he started working for a railroad official

    Carnegie was working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the private secretary to a railroad official named Thomas Alexander Scott.
  • left railroad and started his own company

    left railroad and started his own company

    Andrew left his job and started his own company where he made railroad bridges from iron
  • started his own steel mill

    started his own steel mill

  • carnegie controlled a quarter of American iron and steel production

    carnegie controlled a quarter of American iron and steel production

    When Carnegie controlled the Carnegie Steel Company, he controlled a quarter of American iron
    and steel production.
  • Andrew Carnegie retired

    Andrew Carnegie retired

    Carnegie retired and used his wealth for the public good