https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m Made en-us 2019-10-07 20:57:02 UTC 2024-03-20 05:49:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.pics/1/image.webp?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f693.png 387762 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m/wish/394725677 Andrew Carnegie born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Andrew Carnegie would expand the steel industry greatly into the United States.He invested in many railroad and steel or iron companies. He began the Carnegie Steel company and made a fortune off of the Bessemer process. Andrew died August 11, 1919 in Lenox, MA with a  net worth of 310 billion dollars in today's money. 
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Carnegie]]> 2019-10-07 20:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m/wish/394725677 387762 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m/wish/394725968 Henry Bessemer born January 19, 1813, Charlton, UK was an English inventor. Henry Bessemer would create a process to efficiently produce steel at a high quality. This process would dominate all others for the next hundred years. This process helped make the vision of transcontinental railroads, skyscrapers, and huge bridges possible. Henry Bessemer died March 15 1898 in London, UK.
https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/henry-bessemer ]]> 2019-10-07 21:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m/wish/394725968 387762 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m/wish/394726061 Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish born American inventor. He was born in Edinburgh. UK on March 3, 1847. Alexander Graham Bell had an immense impact on the invention of the telephone. He would go on to co-found the American Telephone Company and Telegraph Company. He would die in Beinn Bhreagh on August 2, 1922.
https://www.biography.com/inventor/alexander-graham-bell]]> 2019-10-07 21:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m/wish/394726061 387762 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m/wish/394726398 Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27, 1794, on Staten Island. He began his career in shipping, he purchased a boat and created his own shipping company. He made millions in the industry and moved into the flourishing business of railroads. He gained a personal fortune of around 100 million dollars at the time. He would die January 4th 1877 Manhattan NY,NY.
https://biography.yourdictionary.com/cornelius-vanderbilt]]> 2019-10-07 21:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m/wish/394726398 387762 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/onxkbzo5ye5m/wish/394726802 Christopher Sholes was an American inventor. He was born February 14th 1819 in Mooresburg, PA. Christopher Sholes is one of the inventors who worked on and created the first typewriter. The typewriter has the QWERTY layout that we still use today on many. He helped develop the typewriter to what it is today but died February 17, 1890 Milwaukee WI.
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