He left the railroad in 1865 to focus on his other business interests including the Keystone Bridge Company. By the next decade most of Carnegie’s time was dedicated to the steel industry. His business which became known as the Carnegie Steel Company revolutionized steel production in the United States Carnegie built plants around the country using technology and methods that made manufacturing steel easier faster and more productive. For every step of the process he owned exactly what he needed the raw materials ships and railroads for transporting the goods and even coal fields to fuel the steel furnaces. This start to finish strategy helped Carnegie became to the dominant force in the industry and an exceedingly wealthy man. It made him known as one of America’s builders as his business helped to fuel the economy and shape the nation into what it is today. By 1889, Carnegie Steel Corporation was the largest of its kind in the world. Some felt that the need company’s success came at the expense of its workers The most notable case of this came in 1892. when the company tried to lower wages at a Carnegie Steel Plant in Homestead Pennsylvania the employees
He left the railroad in 1865 to focus on his other business interests including the Keystone Bridge Company. By the next decade most of Carnegie’s time was dedicated to the steel industry. His business which became known as the Carnegie Steel Company revolutionized steel production in the United States Carnegie built plants around the country using technology and methods that made manufacturing steel easier faster and more productive. For every step of the process he owned exactly what he needed the raw materials ships and railroads for transporting the goods and even coal fields to fuel the steel furnaces. This start to finish strategy helped Carnegie became to the dominant force in the industry and an exceedingly wealthy man. It made him known as one of America’s builders as his business helped to fuel the economy and shape the nation into what it is today. By 1889, Carnegie Steel Corporation was the largest of its kind in the world. Some felt that the need company’s success came at the expense of its workers The most notable case of this came in 1892. when the company tried to lower wages at a Carnegie Steel Plant in Homestead Pennsylvania the employees