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Charitable contributions of Cornelius Vanderbilt 

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Charitable contributions of Cornelius Vanderbilt 

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During the Civil War, Cornelius Vanderbilt donated the largest fleet ship that he owned to the Union Navy and named it “Vanderbilt”. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave a one million dollar donation in 1873 to build and endow Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Not only is Vanderbilt University named after him, but the athletic teams are called the Commodores because that was his nickname. Cornelius Vanderbilt also gave fifty thousand dollars to the Church of the Strangers in New York City.

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How did Cornelius Vanderbilt Obtain All His Wealth?

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How did Cornelius Vanderbilt Obtain All His Wealth?

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Cornelius Vanderbilt is a self-made multi-millionaire in America in the 19th century through his shipping and railroad business. His first investment was borrowing one hundred dollars from his parents at the age of sixteen in 1810 to buy a boat to transport people from Staten Island and Manhattan. This led him in 1817 to work as a ferry captain for Thomas Gibbons, who is the person who operates the ferry between Brunswick, New Jersey and New York City. Cornelius Vanderbilt learned more about the steamship industry from Thomas Gibbons, which eventually led to him in the 1820's to start his own steamship business. In the 1850’s, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought a lot of stocks in the Harlem and New York railroads and by 1863, he owned the railroad lines. This led to him owning the Hudson River railroad and the New York Central railroad in 1863.He was estimated to be worth one hundred million dollars because he made the price to go on either of the transportation's at a lower price than his competitors.

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Description of Cornelius Vanderbilt's Industries

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Description of Cornelius Vanderbilt's Industries

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Cornelius Vanderbilt steamship industry operated ferry lines around New York and it also built steamships. When the War of 1812 occurred, Vanderbilt won a government contract transport people and supplies along the coasts. He also started passenger lines to make an extra profit. This led him to control the Hudson River traffic. Cornelius Vanderbilt then started to realize that transportation industry was not just only through water, but through rails. He acquired the Long Island Railroads, which then led to him acquiring the New York, Harlem, and the Hudson River Railroad. In 1867, he bought the Central Railroad and merged it with the other railroads that he owned so that he could keep it under one company. He used the railroads to carry goods and people. In 1871, he financed the Grand Central Depot, which was below street level to reduce noise and smoke.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794, in the Port Richmond area of Staten Island, New York. His dad was a farmer and he also ferried produce between Staten Island and Manhattan in a periauger. Cornelius Vanderbilt worked with his father, which led him to drop out of school at the age of eleven years old. In 1810, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought his first boat and used it to ferry people between Staten Island and New York. This led him to expand his ferry operation and him starting other industries. As his industries grew, that led him to become one of the richest people during his time and he was given the nickname “Commodore”. Cornelius Vanderbilt died on January 4, 1877 in New York.