He progressed up the ranks of a telegraph company. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which was later merged with Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company and several smaller companies to create U.S. Steel. He also led an enormous expansion in the American Steel Industry in the late 19th Century. He was also one of the highest profile Philanthropists of his era.
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Andrew Carnegie started as a telegrapher in the Pittsburgh Office of the Ohio Telegraph Company. He rose rapidly and soon was a supervisor and a superintendent. He eventually became the president of railroads and very wealthy.
Andrew Carnegie objected to US intervention in Cuba.
The address of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library is: 300 Beechwood Ave, Carnegie, 15106 2699
The wealthy proclaimed that they were justified by God to have so much wealth. They claimed that God gave them their money or they were a product of natural selection. This idea was boasted by Andrew Carnegie.