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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 344
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
The rapid substitution of steel for iron in the immediate future had become obvious to us. Even in our Keystone Bridge Works, steel was being used more and more in place of iron. King Iron was about to be deposed by the new King Steel, and we were becoming more and more dependent upon it. We had about concluded in 1886 to build alongside of the Edgar Thomson Mills new works for the manufacture of miscellaneous shapes of steel when it was suggested to us that the five or six leading manufacturers of Pittsburgh, who had combined to build steel mills at Homestead, were willing to sell their mills to us.
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定位：Additional excerpt 344 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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卡内基很早就看清：钢铁取代铁轨、铁桥等用铁领域是大势所趋，连他自己的拱桥厂都在越来越多地用钢。1886年，他原本打算在埃德加·汤姆森钢厂旁边新建厂房，专门生产各种形状的钢材。这时有人告诉他，匹兹堡五六家主要制造商合伙在霍姆斯特德建了一座钢厂，现在愿意卖给他。卡内基没有贸然新建，而是先考虑收购现成的厂子，因为这样能更快、更省地进入新市场。他的判断依据是：既然钢的需求在涨，与其从头建厂，不如把别人已经建好的产能接过来，前提是价格合适、条件有利。
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这段出自卡内基自传，讲述19世纪80年代美国钢铁工业从铁转向钢的关键时期，卡内基如何抓住机会扩张自己的钢铁帝国。
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