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1846

George Westinghouse born in Central Bridge, New York.

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1865

George Westinghouse patents the rotary steam engine.

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1869

George Westinghouse born in Central Bridge, New York.

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1869

Westinghouse Air Brake Company is founded.

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1871

Westinghouse Air Brake Company implements half-day Saturdays, a big step toward the five-day work week.

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1873

Westinghouse invented the automatic air brake by utilizing a triple valve system that equipped each car with its own air cylinder.

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1881

Westinghouse founds Union Switch and Signal Company to develop closed-track circuits and interlocking systems for railroads.

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1886

Westinghouse Electric Company is founded.

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1888

Nikola Tesla receives a patent for the first alternating current motor and comes to work for Westinghouse Electric Company.

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1891

Westinghouse built the world’s first industrial AC system, Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant.

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1893

Westinghouse beats Thomas Edison for the contract to light the Chicago World’s Fair with AC power and wins the “War of the Currents.”

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1896

Installed hydropower AC generators at Adams Power Plant, Niagara Falls which supplied power to Buffalo, New York

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1901

First commercial Westinghouse steam turbine driven generator, 1,500 kW unit nicknamed the Mary-Ann, Hartford Electric Light Co.

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1905

Westinghouse’s first main- line AC powered locomotive produced for New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Mode:l NH EP1 Supplied voltage: 11 kV, 25 Hz AC, 600 V DC & 636 V AC.

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1914

Westinghouse acquires Copeman Electric Stove Company and enters the home appliance market.

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1914

George Westinghouse dies, leaving a legacy that includes 361 patents and the founding of 60 companies.

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1920

Westinghouse makes history with the first commercial radio broadcast in the country. Radio station KDKA begins operations.

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1921

Westinghouse introduces the first factory-built radio receiver.

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1923

Westinghouse pioneers the first international shortwave radio broadcast.

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1930

55,000 Westinghouse workers honor George Westinghouse by raising funds to build a memorial and garden in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park.

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1933

The world’s fastest elevators are built for New York’s Rockefeller Center.

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1937

Westinghouse Electric constructs the first atom smasher to explore the potential of nuclear energy as a practical power source.

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1939

Westinghouse makes an impression at the New York World’s Fair with its Hall of Power and Elektro, the walking, talking robot.

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1940s

Westinghouse supports the war effort on many fronts, including the creation of the famous “We Can Do It” poster.

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1941

Westinghouse begins producing power at Grand Coulee Dam.

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1947

First all-weather airport approach lighting installed at Idlewild International Airport, New York.

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1948

First industrial 2000 HP, W21 gas turbine installed at the Mississippi River Fuel Corp in Wilmar, Arkansas.

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1950s

Westinghouse markets its appliance line with the Freedom Fair advertising campaign.

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1954

The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, was launched with a reactor built by Westinghouse.

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1960

Paul Rand designs the Westinghouse logo.

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1969

Westinghouse cameras capture the first moonwalk for viewers back on earth.

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1977

Westinghouse introduces the first airborne surveillance radar system.

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