Cornelius Vanderbilt Biography

Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in 1794, in Port Richmond, New York. During his youth, Cornelius worked in New York City on the Ferries. He soon had his own business, that of ferrying passengers and freight.

With the California gold rush, Vanderbilt saw a great opportunity to expand, and started running a steamship line from New York to California via Nicaragua. Vanderbilt invested in the railroad business, buying into the Hudson River Railroad, the New York & Harlem, the New York Central.

Cornelius Vanderbilt died in 1877.

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