Air Date: Apr 17, 2011

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Throughout his later career, he made use of his close connection to Thomson and Scott as he established businesses that supplied rails and bridges Read More

Throughout his later career, he made use of his close connection to Thomson and Scott as he established businesses that supplied rails and bridges to the railroad offering the two men a stake in his enterprises. Before the Civil War, Carnegie arranged a merger between Woodruff's company and that of George M Pullman, the inventor of a sleeping car for first class travel which facilitated business travel at distances over 500 miles (800 km) . Read Less