Carnegie Steel Company

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defunct company manufacturing company steel company

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.

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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 →
dissolved	1901 →
employed	tens of thousands of workers →
foundedBy	Andrew Carnegie → Henry Clay Frick → Thomas M. Carnegie →
headquartersLocation	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania →
historicalPeriod	Gilded Age →
historicalSignificance	symbol of late-19th-century American industrialization →
inception	1892 →
industry	steel industry →
keyPerson	Andrew Carnegie → 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 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 (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Henry Clay Frick → Henry Clay Frick → Thomas M. Carnegie ("Carnegie steel enterprises") →	employer
Frick family → Homestead, Pennsylvania →	associatedWith
Federal Steel Company →	competitiveWith
United States Steel Corporation →	formedByMergerOf
Andrew Carnegie →	founded
Mon Valley Works ("Edgar Thomson Plant") →	hasPart
Homestead Strike →	involvesCompany
Homestead Strike ("Homestead Steel Works") →	involvesPlant
Thomas M. Carnegie ("Carnegie steel empire") →	notableWork
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers →	opposedBy
Carnegie Steel Company ("Carnegie Brothers and Company") →	ownedBy