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  2. Carnegie Steel Company - Wikipedia

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    Carnegie Steel Company was sold in 1901 to U.S. Steel, a newly formed organization set up by J. P. Morgan. [10] It sold at roughly $492 million [ 11 ] ($18 billion+ today), of which $226 million ($8.3 billion+ today) went to Carnegie himself. [ 12 ]

  3. Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia

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    He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J. P. Morgan in 1901 for $303,450,000 (equal to $11,113,550,000 today); [7] it formed the basis of the U.S. Steel Corporation. After selling Carnegie Steel, he surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest American of the time. [8]

  4. Vertical integration - Wikipedia

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    One of the earliest, largest and most famous examples of vertical integration was the Carnegie Steel company. The company controlled not only the mills where the steel was made, but also the mines where the iron ore was extracted, the coal mines that supplied the coal , the ships that transported the iron ore and the railroads that transported ...

  5. Technological and industrial history of the United States

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    Carnegie earned enormous profits by pioneering vertical integration; he owned the iron ore mines in Minnesota, the transport steamboats on the Great Lakes, the coal mines and coke ovens, and the rail lines delivering the coke and ore to his Pennsylvania mills.

  6. Rise of US Steel paralleled the arrival of the United States ...

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    President Joe Biden blocked the $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel on Friday — something he had first vowed to do in March. With roots dating to the late 19th century ...

  7. Homestead Steel Works - Wikipedia

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    The steel works were first constructed in 1881. Andrew Carnegie, (a Scottish emigrant), bought the 2 year old Homestead Steel Works in 1883, and integrated it into his Carnegie Steel Company. [1] For many years, the Homestead Works was the largest steel mill in the world and the most productive of the Mon Valley's many mills.

  8. James Gayley - Wikipedia

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    James Gayley (October 11, 1855 – February 25, 1920) was an American chemist and steel metallurgist who served as managing director of the Carnegie Steel Company, and as the first vice president of U.S. Steel from 1901 to 1908. He is credited with many inventions which greatly improved the fields of steel and iron making.

  9. Carnegie Brothers and Company - Wikipedia

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    After his promotions Frick worked with Carnegie to reorganize much of business. Frick organized many improvements including a buy out of the Duquesne Steel works. Frick acted to combine "Carnegie Brothers & Company, Limited" and "Carnegie, Phipps & Company" into a single company newly named Carnegie Steel Company, Limited on July 1, 1892. [3]