George Westinghouse

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George Westinghouse

• 1846-1914

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Timeline

• 1846
• George Westinghouse born
• 1864
• Served in the Navy
• 1865
• George obtains first patent for rotary steam
  engine and drops out of College

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Timeline (continued)

• 1867
• Invented the railroad replacer
• Married Marguerite Walter
• 1868
• Patent for the frog
• 1869
• Formed the Westinghouse air brake Co. and
  institutes Saturday half-holiday
• 1872
• Automatic air brake invented

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Timeline (continued)

• 1878
• First foreign air brake company at Sevran, France
• 1881
• Westinghouse Machine Company formed.
• The Westinghouse Brake Company, Ltd.., in London,
  England, founded
• Westinghouse Machine Company formed
• The Westinghouse Brake Company, Ltd., in London,
  England, founded

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Timeline (continued)

• 1882
• Union Switch and Signal Company organized

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Timeline (continued)

• 1886
• Westinghouse Electric Company formed
• Later known as the Westinghouse Electric and
  Manufacturing Company
• 1893
• Westinghouse Electric Company lights Columbian
  Exposition in Chicago
• 1884
• The Westinghouse Brake Company, Ltd., in Hanover,
  Germany, founded

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Timeline (continued)

• 1895
• Main works for Electric Manufacturing Company
  built in East Pittsburgh
• 1888
• Obtain rights to Nicola Teslas patents
• 1889
• Company moved to Wilmerding

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Wilmerding
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Timeline (continued)

• 1896
• Generator built by Westinghouse turn the waters
  of Niagara Falls into electric power.
• 1898
• Westinghouse Company, Ltd., in St. Petersburg,
  Russia organized.
• 1905
• Electrification of the Manhattan Elevated
  Railways and New York subway system.

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Niagara Falls Generators
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Manhattan Elevated Railways New York Subway
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Timeline (continued)

• 1907
• Loses control of his companies.
• 1911
• Severs all ties with his companies
• 1914
• George Westinghouse dies.
• Arlington National Cemetery
• 1918
• Receives last patent