Andrew Carnegie was an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist. Carnegie worked in a Pittsburgh cotton factory as a boy before rising to the position of division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1859.
It was established as a haven for debtors and to provide a buffer between prosperous South Carolina and the Spanish possessions in Florida.
T<span>extile manufacturing was very important to the industrial revolution in great britain because textiles were produced with far great speed and efficiency thanks to the new factories--which greatly increased profits since textiles were in such high demand throughout the world. </span>
