In celebrating the 40th anniversary of the entrance of George Westinghouse* into the electrical field, some interesting facts concerning that inventor and organizer and the company which now bears his ...

During the last part of the 19th century, George Westinghouse had made his fortune through his invention, the railroad air brake. Now a wealthy man, Westinghouse set his sights on the future, and the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Westinghouse retirees say working at the George Westinghouse Memorial is a labor or love for them to honor Westinghouse and to connect with former coworkers. In the shadow of a ...

Two years ago at the Toronto International Film Festival, a movie about Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla and, for a climax, the dazzling illumination of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, ...

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