Andrew+Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie was born in Duntermine, Scotland on November 25, 1835. He came to the US in 1848 and settled in Alleghany, Pennsylvania. He moved rapidly through occupations with Western Union and the Pennsylvania Railroad. He spent his spare time writing his autobiography. In 1865 he started his own business enterprise and eventualy organized the Carnegie Steele Company, which launched the steel industry in Pittsburgh. The real success of Andrew Carnegie was due to the [|bessemer steel process]. This is where large quantaties of iron can be made into steel at one time. Molten Iron is poured in to a large egg shaped container called the bessemer converter Air is infused into the iron burning all impurities out of the iron making steel. Making steel faster boosted the american railroad industry giving carnegie many suppliers. After Carnegie made his fortune he gave most of it away. He built 3000 libraries, the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, the [|Carnegie Institute of Technology] and the Carnegie Institution of Washington for research into the natural and physical sciences. Carnegie also established the Endowment for International Peace in an effort to prevent future wars. In 1919, Carnegie had given away $350,000,000. Plus an additional $125 million was placed with the Carnegie Corporation to carry on his good works.



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http://www.key-to-steel.com/articles/art2.htm

Andres Carnegie as a boy.