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railroad building

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  • Cornelius Vanderbilt
  • James J. Hill
  • Collis P. Huntington - the modern corporation
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Andrew Carnegie

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  • scottish immigrant, dominated the steel industry
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Henry Clay Frick

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  • coal mines, processing of his steel from mine to market - giant US Steel Corp
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Gustavus Swift

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  • meat packing business
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Isaac Singer

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  • patented sewing machine 1851
  • I. M. Singer Comp
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John D. Rockefeller

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  • John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil
  • combination of horizontal and vertical integration
  • leading symbol of monopoly by 1880s, access to 90% nation’s refined oil
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