Andrew Carnegie

     Andrew Carnegie started working for Tom Scott when he was 12. Tom Scott soon grew to like Carnegie and he became Scott's personal assistant. He quickly advanced through the ranks and by 24, he becomes the manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Now when you think of Carnegie, you think of steel, but he worked on railroads before with Tom Scott. Started to work with steel when Tom Scott wanted him to build a bridge across the Mississippi River. Now at this time, this is a thought to be, a near impossible task. Bridges have been built, but like 1 in 50 collapsed or fell, and these were only a few feet across. The Mississippi River is a mile wide at the skinniest point. Carnegie took on the challenge against the odds still. He realizes, the only material strong enough and reliable enough to make his bridge out of is steel. By this point, people were thinking that Carnegie has gone mad because steel was incredibly hard to make and was only used for small things like silverware. So not only does Carnegie want to build a bridge a mile wide, but he also wants to make it out of steel. He starts looking around to