Title: Andrew Carnegie - Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
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Andrew Carnegie
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Contents
Biography
Railroads
1860–1865: The Civil War
Keystone Bridge Company
Industrialist
1885–1900: Steel empire
1901: U.S. Steel
Scholar and activist
1880–1900
Anti-imperialism
1901–1919: Philanthropist
3000 Public Libraries
Investing in Education
Death
Controversies
1889: Johnstown Flood
1892: Homestead Strike
Philosophy
Andrew Carnegie Dictum
On wealth
Intellectual influences
Religion and world view
World peace
Writings
Legacy and honors
See also
References
Cited sources
Works by Carnegie
Further reading
Secondary sources
External links

Content: Carnegie started work as a telegrapher and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges and oil derricks. He accumulated further wealth as a bond salesman raising money for American enterprise in Europe. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J.P. Morgan in 1901 for $480 million (in 2011, $20 billion), creating the U.S. Steel Corporation. Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education and scientific research. With the fortune he made from business, he built Carnegie Hall and he founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie Hero Fund, Carnegie Mellon University and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, among others. Contents
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1 Biography
1.1 Railroads
1.2 1860–1865: The Civil War
1.3 Keystone Bridge Company
1.4 Industrialist
1.4.1 1885–1900: Steel empire
1.4.2 1901: U.S. Steel
1.5 Scholar and activist
1.5.1 1880–1900
1.6 Anti-imperialism
1.7 1901–1919: Philanthropist
1.7.1 3000 Public Libraries
1.7.2 Investing in Education
1.8 Death
2 Controversies
2.1 1889: