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    George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was a prolific American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneurial industrialist based in Pittsburgh...
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    The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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  • Westinghouse may refer to: Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the company that manages the Westinghouse brand, with licensees: Westinghouse Electric Company...
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  • of Westinghouse. Westinghouse Electric Company was formed in 1999, after the original company with that name, George Westinghouse's Westinghouse Electric...
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    The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (WABCO) was an American company founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh...
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    City. All traces of the Westinghouse name go back to the original company's roots starting in 1886 when George Westinghouse founded the company in Pittsburgh...
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  • George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School is a vocational high school in Downtown Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is located...
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  • The George Westinghouse Award may refer to: George Westinghouse Medal given by the American Society for Mechanical Engineering George Westinghouse Award...
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  • consolidation saw AEI taken over by GEC in 1967. George Westinghouse established British Westinghouse in 1899 with capital from his own company and a smaller...
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    competition: an alternating current system initially introduced by George Westinghouse's company that used transformers to step down from a high voltage...
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    George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, carries U.S. Route 30, the Lincoln Highway, over the Turtle Creek Valley near to...
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    (2007). George Westinghouse: Gentle Genius, Algora Publishing, pp. 118–120 Seifer 1998, p. 47. Skrabec, Quentin R. (2007). George Westinghouse : gentle...
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    2000, it purchased British manufacturer, Westinghouse Brakes (formerly the brakes division of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd), from Invensys...
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    patented by George Westinghouse on April 13, 1869. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's invention...
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    Originally built as an office building for the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, it housed the George Westinghouse Museum from 2006 to 2016. In 2016 it was sold...
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  • inspired by the 19th-century competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over which electric power delivery system would be used in the United...
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    George Westinghouse College Preparatory High School (formerly known as Westinghouse Area Vocational High School) is a public four-year college preparatory...
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  • White-Westinghouse is an American home appliance brand used under license by trademark owner Westinghouse Licensing Corporation. It was created in 1975...
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  • niche roles. WABCO was acquired by ZF Friedrichshafen in May 2020. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was founded in the U.S. in 1869 and later acquired...
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  • Westinghouse High School can refer to: Westinghouse High School (Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh Public Schools, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania George Westinghouse...
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  • AP1000 (redirect from Westinghouse AP1000)
    The AP1000 is a nuclear power plant designed and sold by Westinghouse Electric Company. The plant is a pressurized water reactor with improved use of passive...
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  • The George Westinghouse Medal is named for George Westinghouse and awarded to in honor of "eminent achievement or distinguished service in the power field...
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    The Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. It owned several radio...
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    (2022). George Westinghouse Powering the World. McFarland & Company. p. 84. ISBN 9781476686929. Skrabec, Quentin R. (2007). George Westinghouse: Gentle...
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    also recommended AC, as well as using a Westinghouse generator). They also attended electrocutions of dogs by George Fell who had worked with Southwick in...
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    is a licensee of the Westinghouse Licensing Corporation, commonly known as Westinghouse Electric Corporation. In 2010, Westinghouse Digital stated on its...
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    farm engine was invented by George Westinghouse. Near the end of 1865, he created a rotary steam engine: the Westinghouse Farm Engine. He invented the...
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    entrepreneur George Westinghouse. As of October 2019, Westinghouse has an enrollment of 697 students, 95% of whom are African American. Westinghouse High School...
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    (2022). George Westinghouse Powering the World. McFarland & Company. p. 84. ISBN 9781476686929. Skrabec, Quentin R. (2007). George Westinghouse: Gentle...
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    The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd was a British manufacturer of railroad signs. Founded by George Westinghouse, it was registered as "Westinghouse...
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