CARNEGIE, Andrew - Revision history

https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=CARNEGIE%2C_Andrew CARNEGIE, Andrew - Revision history 2026-04-29T04:32:51Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=172175&oldid=prev Randylyon at 03:05, 3 December 2021 2021-12-03T03:05:33Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:05, 3 December 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1530474/person/24668016890/facts?_phsrc=TrL4381&_phstart=successSource</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835--Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835--Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=156821&oldid=prev Randylyon at 18:32, 31 August 2019 2019-08-31T18:32:34Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:32, 31 August 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Carnegie's philanthropies included the construction of many public libraries in the late 1800s including Dubuque's [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. It was announced in 1905 that Carnegie would also donate $11,500 for the purchase of metal stacks sufficient for the display of an estimated fifty-five thousand books. This gift was a result of a spirited campaign for the funds from many Dubuque citizens including [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]] and [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Carnegie's philanthropies included the construction of many public libraries in the late 1800s including Dubuque's [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. It was announced in 1905 that Carnegie would also donate $11,500 for the purchase of metal stacks sufficient for the display of an estimated fifty-five thousand books. This gift was a result of a spirited campaign for the funds from many Dubuque citizens including [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]] and [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">See: [[MASON, Roswell B.|Roswell B. MASON]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Business Leader]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Business Leader]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Philanthropist]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Philanthropist]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=155816&oldid=prev Randylyon at 01:19, 9 July 2019 2019-07-09T01:19:44Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:19, 9 July 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835-Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-</ins>-Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finding a rival firm was to be awarded the contract, Carnegie convinced the railroad directors that a cast iron bridge, unlike one of wrought iron, would certainly break if struck by a steamboat. To his astonishment, Carnegie found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck by a buggy. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finding a rival firm was to be awarded the contract, Carnegie convinced the railroad directors that a cast iron bridge, unlike one of wrought iron, would certainly break if struck by a steamboat. To his astonishment, Carnegie found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck by a buggy. </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=155815&oldid=prev Randylyon at 01:19, 9 July 2019 2019-07-09T01:19:31Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:19, 9 July 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l10">Line 10:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Business Leader]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Business Leader]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category: Philanthropist]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=127873&oldid=prev Randylyon at 03:21, 19 December 2015 2015-12-19T03:21:12Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:21, 19 December 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835-Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919)<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Steel manufacturer and philanthropist</del>. The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835-Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finding a rival firm was to be awarded the contract, Carnegie convinced the railroad directors that a cast iron bridge, unlike one of wrought iron, would certainly break if struck by a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">steamer</del>. To his astonishment, Carnegie found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck by a buggy. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finding a rival firm was to be awarded the contract, Carnegie convinced the railroad directors that a cast iron bridge, unlike one of wrought iron, would certainly break if struck by a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">steamboat</ins>. To his astonishment, Carnegie found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck by a buggy. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Directors offered the contract to Carnegie when he agreed to build the bridge for the lower price offered by the rival construction company. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Directors offered the contract to Carnegie when he agreed to build the bridge for the lower price offered by the rival construction company. </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=19946&oldid=prev Randylyon at 20:19, 13 February 2010 2010-02-13T20:19:29Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:19, 13 February 2010</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1899 Carnegie published an article entitled ''Wealth,'' and frequently called "The Gospel of Wealth." The article outlined his belief that the wealthy had a duty to supervise the distribution of their surplus wealth for the good of civilization. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1899 Carnegie published an article entitled ''Wealth,'' and frequently called "The Gospel of Wealth." The article outlined his belief that the wealthy had a duty to supervise the distribution of their surplus wealth for the good of civilization. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Carnegie's philanthropies included the construction of many public libraries in the late 1800s<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>including Dubuque's [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. It was announced in 1905 that Carnegie would also donate $11,500 for the purchase of metal stacks sufficient for the display of an estimated fifty-five thousand books. This gift was a result of a spirited campaign for the funds from many Dubuque citizens including [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]] and [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Carnegie's philanthropies included the construction of many public libraries in the late 1800s including Dubuque's [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. It was announced in 1905 that Carnegie would also donate $11,500 for the purchase of metal stacks sufficient for the display of an estimated fifty-five thousand books. This gift was a result of a spirited campaign for the funds from many Dubuque citizens including [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]] and [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Business Leader]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Business Leader]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=17819&oldid=prev Randylyon at 02:00, 26 October 2009 2009-10-26T02:00:13Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:00, 26 October 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835-Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). Steel manufacturer and philanthropist. The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[DUBUQUE <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AND DUNLEITH </del>BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835-Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). Steel manufacturer and philanthropist. The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">DUNLEITH AND </ins>DUBUQUE BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finding a rival firm was to be awarded the contract, Carnegie convinced the railroad directors that a cast iron bridge, unlike one of wrought iron, would certainly break if struck by a steamer. To his astonishment, Carnegie found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck by a buggy. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finding a rival firm was to be awarded the contract, Carnegie convinced the railroad directors that a cast iron bridge, unlike one of wrought iron, would certainly break if struck by a steamer. To his astonishment, Carnegie found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck by a buggy. </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=7908&oldid=prev Randylyon at 02:18, 6 December 2008 2008-12-06T02:18:51Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:18, 6 December 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Carnegie's philanthropies included the construction of many public libraries in the late 1800s, including Dubuque's [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. It was announced in 1905 that Carnegie would also donate $11,500 for the purchase of metal stacks sufficient for the display of an estimated fifty-five thousand books. This gift was a result of a spirited campaign for the funds from many Dubuque citizens including [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]] and [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Carnegie's philanthropies included the construction of many public libraries in the late 1800s, including Dubuque's [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. It was announced in 1905 that Carnegie would also donate $11,500 for the purchase of metal stacks sufficient for the display of an estimated fifty-five thousand books. This gift was a result of a spirited campaign for the funds from many Dubuque citizens including [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]] and [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category: Business Leader]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=5006&oldid=prev Randylyon at 03:32, 18 August 2008 2008-08-18T03:32:30Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:32, 18 August 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1899 Carnegie published an article entitled ''Wealth,'' and frequently called "The Gospel of Wealth." The article outlined his belief that the wealthy had a duty to supervise the distribution of their surplus wealth for the good of civilization. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1899 Carnegie published an article entitled ''Wealth,'' and frequently called "The Gospel of Wealth." The article outlined his belief that the wealthy had a duty to supervise the distribution of their surplus wealth for the good of civilization. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Carnegie's philanthropies included the construction of many public libraries in the late 1800s, including Dubuque's [[CARNEGIE STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. It was announced in 1905 that Carnegie would also donate $11,500 for the purchase of metal stacks sufficient for the display of an estimated fifty-five thousand books. This gift was a result of a spirited campaign for the funds from many Dubuque citizens including [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]] and [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Carnegie's philanthropies included the construction of many public libraries in the late 1800s, including Dubuque's [[CARNEGIE<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-</ins>STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. It was announced in 1905 that Carnegie would also donate $11,500 for the purchase of metal stacks sufficient for the display of an estimated fifty-five thousand books. This gift was a result of a spirited campaign for the funds from many Dubuque citizens including [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]] and [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]].</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CARNEGIE,_Andrew&diff=4060&oldid=prev Randylyon at 21:36, 11 August 2008 2008-08-11T21:36:45Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:36, 11 August 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gif</del>|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835-Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). Steel manufacturer and philanthropist. The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[DUBUQUE AND DUNLEITH BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:AndrewCarnegie.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jpg</ins>|left|thumb|150px|Andrew Carnegie]]CARNEGIE, Andrew. (Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835-Lenox, MA, Aug. 11, 1919). Steel manufacturer and philanthropist. The Keystone Bridge Company Carnegie founded in 1865 was one of several firms to bid for the construction of the [[DUBUQUE AND DUNLEITH BRIDGE]]. Carnegie, then thirty-five, also headed the Union Iron Mills that supplied the iron for his bridge company. Personally desiring the project, Carnegie traveled to Dubuque in 1867 to negotiate the contract himself and traveled across the frozen [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] on a sleigh pulled by four horses. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finding a rival firm was to be awarded the contract, Carnegie convinced the railroad directors that a cast iron bridge, unlike one of wrought iron, would certainly break if struck by a steamer. To his astonishment, Carnegie found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck by a buggy. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finding a rival firm was to be awarded the contract, Carnegie convinced the railroad directors that a cast iron bridge, unlike one of wrought iron, would certainly break if struck by a steamer. To his astonishment, Carnegie found his argument supported by [[SMITH, Platt|Platt SMITH]], a prominent Dubuque attorney, who had recently seen a cast iron lamp post smashed when struck by a buggy. </div></td></tr> </table>

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