Rise of the Steel Industry and Andrew Carnegie (1865–1901)

1. Keystone Bridge Company founded in Pittsburgh

   Jan 1, 1865Labels: Keystone Bridge, Pittsburgh

   • Keystone Bridge
   • Britannica

2. Edgar Thomson Steel Works begins production

   Aug 22, 1875Labels: Edgar Thomson, Bessemer process

   • Library Congress
   • Steel Museum

3. Homestead Steel Works constructed near Pittsburgh

   Jan 1, 1881Labels: Homestead Steel, Monongahela River

   • Homestead Works

4. Carnegie consolidates businesses as Carnegie Brothers & Co.

   Apr 1, 1881Labels: Carnegie Brothers, Andrew Carnegie

   • Carnegie Brothers

5. Carnegie buys Homestead Steel Works

   Jan 1, 1883Labels: Homestead Steel, Andrew Carnegie

   • Homestead Works

6. Open-hearth furnaces installed at Homestead

   Jan 1, 1886Labels: Open-hearth furnace, Homestead Steel

   • Carnegie Steel
   • Homestead Works

7. Carnegie holdings consolidated into Carnegie Steel

   Jan 1, 1889Labels: Carnegie Steel, vertical integration

   • Britannica

8. Carnegie Steel Company formed as new partnership

   Jul 1, 1892Labels: Carnegie Steel, partnership

   • Carnegie Steel
   • Britannica

9. Battle of Homestead Strike erupts with Pinkertons

   Jul 6, 1892Labels: Homestead Strike, Pinkertons

   • AFL CIO
   • Homestead Strike

10. Pennsylvania National Guard takes control at Homestead

    Jul 12, 1892Labels: Pennsylvania National, Homestead Steel

    • Britannica
    • AFL CIO

11. American Bridge Company formed in major consolidation

    Apr 1, 1900Labels: American Bridge, J P

    • American Bridge
    • Keystone Bridge

12. U.S. Steel incorporated, creating billion-dollar steel trust

    Feb 25, 1901Labels: U S, billion-dollar corporation

    • Britannica
    • Company Histories

13. Carnegie Steel sold and folded into U.S. Steel

    Mar 2, 1901Labels: Carnegie Steel, sale to

    • Carnegie Steel
    • M A Steel