The life of Andrew Carnegie

By MylaJordan.2
  • His birth

    His birth

    Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland to a poor weaver who brought his family to America in 1848.
  • Working at eightteen

    Working at eightteen

    By the time he was eighteen he was working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the private secretary to a railroad
    official named Thomas Alexander Scott.
  • He start his own busines

    He start his own busines

    In 1865 Carnegie left the railroad and started his own company making railroad bridges from iron.
  • His first steel mill

    His first steel mill

    Eight years later he started his first steel mill,and by 1899, when he consolidated into the Carnegie Steel Company.
  • His retired

    His retired

    He retired two year later, He devoted his life with using his wealth for the public good.
  • His company

    His company

    In 1911, he gave a gift of $125 million to establish his company which funding to institutions and organization.