Carnegie+Steel

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CARNEGIE STEEL (Meagan Dahlstrom & Emily Marinucci)

Left: Andrew Carnegie Right: Cartoon of Andrew Carnegie (See the resemblence?!)

Andrew Carnegie : was born in Scotland, the son of a weaver, born with high expectations. He moved with his family to Pennsylvania, and at 13, started working in a cotton mill. Then, after a few years, he moved into the railroad buisness, and took off. But, Carnegie wanted to start his own buisness, and then formed the Carnegie Steel Company, which launched in Pittsburgh. At 65 years of age, he sold his company to J.P Morgan for $480 million and devoted his life to writing his autobiography.





Working in a factory--->

<---Picture of a steel mill



Bridge that steel is used in--->

The steel that was made in Carnegie's factories was used for many purposes such as using steel and iron to make beams and structures for the bigger buildings. Also, the steel in Andrew Carnegie's factories were used in the first skyscrapers and bridges. Although Carnegie's Steel Factory excelled at first, he soon fell from his high horse. He had to let go of many workers because his company was not selling steel, and there was many facotry problems. It got to be so bad, that Carnegie sold his company to J.P. Morgan when he was only 65 years old. Back then, that was a huge deal, for once you sold a company, it was hard to get another. Carnegie lived the rest of his life as a retired man.


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Historical Newspapers. "Carnegie's Steel Works Close." //New York Times// 11 Mar. 1891: 1. Web. 23 Nov. 2009. .