WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Philadelphia, PA
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Allentown, PA
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Pittsburg, PA
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Harrisburg, PA
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Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Carnegie built his first steel mill, Edgar Thomson Steel Works, in the mid-1870s in Braddock, Pennsylvania, which is just outside Pittsburgh.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the early 1870s, Carnegie co-founded his first steel company, near Pittsburgh. Over the next few decades, he created a steel empire, maximizing profits and minimizing inefficiencies through ownership of factories, raw materials and transportation infrastructure involved in steel making.
Detailed explanation-3: -How Pittsburgh Became the World’s Steelmaking Capital during the Carnegie Era. Despite being geographically cut off from large trade centers and important natural resources, Pittsburgh transformed itself into the most formidable steel-making center in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and emigrated to Pittsburgh, United States with his parents in 1848 at age 12.