Carnegie Steel Company
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Carnegie Steel Company was a dominant late-19th-century American steel producer that played a central role in the expansion of the U.S. steel industry and the rise of modern industrial capitalism.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carnegie Steel Company canonical | 11 |
| Carnegie Brothers and Company | 1 |
| Carnegie steel empire | 1 |
| Carnegie steel enterprises | 1 |
| Edgar Thomson Plant | 1 |
| Homestead Steel Works | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct company
ⓘ
manufacturing company ⓘ steel company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | United States Steel Corporation ⓘ |
| contributedTo | growth of Pittsburgh as an industrial center ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1901 ⓘ |
| employed | tens of thousands of workers ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Andrew Carnegie
ⓘ
Henry Clay Frick ⓘ Thomas M. Carnegie ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Pittsburgh region
ⓘ
surface form:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
| historicalPeriod | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of late-19th-century American industrialization ⓘ |
| inception | 1892 ⓘ |
| industry | steel industry ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Andrew Carnegie
ⓘ
Henry Clay Frick ⓘ
surface form:
Charles M. Schwab
Henry Clay Frick ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cost-cutting innovations
ⓘ
large-scale steel production ⓘ role in expansion of U.S. steel industry ⓘ role in rise of modern industrial capitalism ⓘ vertical integration ⓘ |
| laborRelationsIssue |
union busting
ⓘ
use of Pinkerton agents ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| mainProduct |
steel
ⓘ
steel rails ⓘ structural steel ⓘ |
| majorCustomer |
construction industry
ⓘ
railroad industry ⓘ |
| mergedInto | United States Steel Corporation ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Homestead Strike ⓘ |
| notableEventDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Braddock, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Duquesne, Pennsylvania ⓘ Homestead, Pennsylvania ⓘ Pittsburgh region ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Andrew Carnegie
ⓘ
Carnegie Steel Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Carnegie Brothers and Company
|
| partOf | Carnegie’s business empire ⓘ |
| peakOutputRanking | one of the largest steel producers in the world ⓘ |
| saleYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| soldFor | approximately $480 million ⓘ |
| successor | United States Steel Corporation ⓘ |
| usedProcess |
Bessemer process
ⓘ
open-hearth process ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Carnegie Brothers and Company
this entity surface form:
Homestead Steel Works
this entity surface form:
Edgar Thomson Plant
this entity surface form:
Carnegie steel empire
this entity surface form:
Carnegie steel enterprises
subject surface form:
Frick family