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Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) in Lester, Pennsylvania. The plant seen in this aerial photograph first opened operations around 1890. It included a foundry and forging shop, a steam turbine blade shop, a…

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The first Westinghouse industrial gas turbine installation. It was installed by Mississippi River Fuel Corporation at Wilmar, Arkansas, and started operation in March of 1949. The turbine was used for a mechanical drive application (possibly a…

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A commemorative booklet published in 1993 or 1994 by Westinghouse's Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) in Orlando, Florida, to celebrate 100 years of "Westinghouse Power Generation."  The booklet tells the history from the founding of the business…

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In April of 1987, the Combustion Turbine Systems Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation was relocated from its prior headquarters in Concordville, Pennsylvania to the World Headquarters of Westinghouse Power Generation located at The…

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An article published in The Generation Gap, Westinghouse Electric Corporation's newsletter, regarding the relocation of the company's Steam Turbine-Generator Division (STGD) from Lester and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Orlando, Florida, starting in…

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This organization chart, shows the upper management structure of the Generation Systems Division for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU), effective January of 1995. The chart shows the organization under…

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This photograph shows the installation of the first Westinghouse 40MW model W501A gas turbine, located at the Dow Chemical Company's on-site power generation facilities in Freeport, Texas. Dow was a major customer of Westinghouse gas turbine…

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An alligator at Block 1 of the Hines Energy Complex near Bartow, Florida, around 2000. Located at 7700 County Road 555 South in Bartow, this Progress Energy Florida, Inc. power plant opened in 1999 and was sold to Duke Energy in 2013. Westinghouse…

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In 1980, Westinghouse Electric introduced a redesigned and uprated model W501D combustion (gas) turbine nominally rated at 100MW. This document is a reprint of an article published in the International Power Generation magazine in the United Kingdom…

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WE00024.pdf
This brochure was published around mid-1986 to announce a major restructuring of Westinghouse Electric's Power Systems Business Unit (PSBU). Until that time, the unit was composed of two separate business units: Nuclear Energy Systems, headquartered…

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This article was published by the Gas Turbine World magazine in the May-June 1989 issue. It reports on the status of the new Westinghouse 501F advanced gas turbine that was jointly developed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). At the time, the…

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Westinghouse Electric's nuclear steam generator and pressurizer factory located at 6501 South West Shore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida. The product lines of nuclear steam generators and pressurizers were moved to Tampa from the Power Generation Heat…

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WE00011.pdf
A reprint of an article by George E. Baker published POWER magazine in December of 1969. In 1967, the Southern California Edison Company (SCE) partnered with the Garden State Paper Company (GSP) to install and operate an on-site gas-turbine generator…

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Sheet music for "Westinghouse Song," composed by Schulter C. Morgan in 1939. During the 1930s, the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company held a contest for the composition of the company's official song. The composer, Schulter C. Morgan,…

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WE00014.pdf
In commemoration of the 100-year anniversary of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, this booklet was created to tell the highlights of the contribution of George Westinghouse (1846-1914) , identify the many connected families in the employee…

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WE00015.pdf
A brochure about Westinghouse Electric's combustion turbine systems. In 1980, Westinghouse's Combustion Turbine Systems Division (CTSD) embarked on a major advertising campaign to introduce its newly upgraded main product: the 100MW W501D5 gas…

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WE00016.pdf
A brochure about Westinghouse Electric's Power At Combined Efficiencies (PACE) system for intermediate-load power plants. In 1970, the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Gas Turbine Systems Division, located in Lester and Eddystone, Pennsylvania,…

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WE00017.pdf
A paper published in 1994 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Written by A. J. Scalzo, R. L. Bannister, M. DeCorso, and G. S. Howard, this paper provides a concise compilation of the history of Westinghouse Electric's combustion…

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WE00018.pdf
A booklet for the building dedication ceremony of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Steam Turbine-Generator Division World Headquarters on November 6, 1983. As the decade of the 1970s was coming to a close, Westinghouse decided to consolidate and…

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This manual was produced to provide customers with a useful source of information about the Westinghouse W501D5 100MW combustion turbine (a.k.a. gas turbine) power-generating unit. The information describes the various subsystems comprising the…

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WE00020.pdf
The item is a copy of a reprinted article from the Gas Turbine World magazine issue for November-December of 1994. The subject of the article is the Westinghouse-Mitsubishi 501G gas turbine that had been introduced at the American Society of…

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WE00021.pdf
This item is a brochure produced by Westinghouse Combustion Turbine Systems Division in Concordville, Pennsylvania, to describe the application of the 50MW model W251B10 and 100MW W501D5 combustion turbines (a.k.a. gas turbines) for use in…

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In April of 1987, the Combustion Turbine Systems Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation was relocated from its prior headquarters in Concordville, Pennsylvania to the World Headquarters of Westinghouse Power Generation located at The…

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In April of 1987, the Combustion Turbine Systems Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation was relocated from its prior headquarters in Concordville, Pennsylvania to the World Headquarters of Westinghouse Power Generation located at The…

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WE00116.pdf
An article published in Mechanical Engineering about the impact of George Westinghouse (1846-1914), who founded of the Westinghouse Electric Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 8, 1886. In 1889, he renamed his business The Westinghouse…

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A brochure for Westinghouse Electric's Power Generation Canadian Division, located in Hamilton, Canada. Since its founding in 1903, Westinghouse Canada, Inc. (WECAN) was an integral part of the Westinghouse Electric Company's engineering and…

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WE00027.pdf
A brochure that contains a summary of Westinghouse' Electric's gas turbine experience, starting during the 1940s when Westinghouse developed the first American-designed jet engine under contract with the U.S. Navy.Westinghouse Electric Corporation…

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WE00028.pdf
A brochure of commemorative images published in 1988 as part of the celebration of the dedication of the George Westinghouse Museum, located in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. The historic building, colloquially called The Castle, selected to house the…

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A document detailing the organization of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Steam Turbine Generator Division (STGD), nicknamed the Super Tough Gator Division. In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business operation, starting with the Steam…

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A memorandum from Marketing Manager K. A. Oleson and Commercial Operations Manager A. R. Collier to Electric Utility Sales and Electric Utility International regarding the reorganization of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Steam Turbine Generator…

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A memorandum from E. J. Cattabiani to W. Kostyshyn, R. A. Thomas, A. C. Sekerka, P. Messina, R. Baker, D. R. Bennett, W. Dollard, M. D. Gill, S. Howell, J. P. Daley, V. Andersen, J. Micka, A. Axt, D. Webb, and E. Dubois, regarding the retirement of…

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An organizational chart of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Operations Division (PGOD), managed by D. H. Pierce, and Turbine Generator Commercial Division (TGCD), managed by R. E. G. Ractcliff. In 1983, the Westinghouse power…

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A memorandum from Marketing Manager K. A. Oleson and Commercial Operations Manager A. R. Collier to Electric Utility Sales and Electric Utility International regarding the reorganization of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Steam Turbine Generator…

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An organizational chart of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Generation Projects I, managed by C. A. Weeks, and Generation Projects II, managed by D. M. Johnson. In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business operation, starting with the Steam…

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A memorandum from Thomas E. Campbell regarding recent appointments and realignments of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Generation Technology Systems Division (GTSD) in 1987. In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business operation, starting…

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A memorandum from Thomas E. Campbell regarding recent appointments and realignments of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Generation Technology Systems Division (GTSD) in 1987. The Steam Turbine Generator Division (STGD) was taking shape under the…

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An organizational chart of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Combustion Turbine Operations, 1987. In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business operation, starting with the Steam Turbine Generator Division, was taking shape in its new Orlando…

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An organizational chart of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Generation Technology Systems Division (GTSD). In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business operation, starting with the Steam Turbine Generator Division, was taking shape in its…

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WE00038.pdf
A memorandum from D. H. Pierce, General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Systems Operation Division, regarding the development of joint ventures with ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB). The partnership would serve power generation,…

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A memorandum from Theodore Stern, Executive Vice President of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Energy and Utility Systems Group, regarding the restructuring of the Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) in 1988. In 1983, the Westinghouse power…

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WE00041.pdf
A memorandum from Thomas E. Campbell, General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Systems Division, regarding recent appointments and realignments of the Energy Systems Business Unit (ESBU) in 1988. In 1983, the Westinghouse power…

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A memorandum from Thomas E. Campbell, General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Systems Division, regarding the restructuring of the Power Projects Development Department in 1988. In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business…

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A memorandum from Romano Salvatori, General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Projects Division (PPDD), regarding the restructuring of the division in 1989. In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business operation,…

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An organizational chart of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Projects Division in 1989. In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business operation, starting with the Steam Turbine Generator Division, was taking shape in its new…

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A memorandum from Dominic A. Bartol, General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Business Unit's (PGBU) Engineering Department, regarding the restructuring of the division in 1989. In 1983, the Westinghouse power…

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A memorandum from Romano Salvatori, General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Commercial Operations Divisions, and Frank R. Bakos, Vice President and General Manager of the Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU),…

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WE00047.pdf
A memorandum from Romano Salvatori, General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Commercial Operations Divisions, and Frank R. Bakos, Vice President and General Manager of the Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU),…

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WE00048.pdf
A memorandum from Frank R. Bakos, Vice President and General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU), regarding recent appointments and the restructuring of the PGBU in 1990. In 1983, the Westinghouse…

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WE00049.pdf
A memorandum from Frank R. Bakos, Vice President and General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU), regarding recent appointments and the restructuring of the PGBU in 1994. In 1983, the Westinghouse…

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WE00050.pdf
A memorandum from Romano Salvatori, Deputy General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU), and Frank R. Bakos, Vice President and General Manager of the PGBU, regarding recent appointments and the…

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A memorandum from E. Paul Loch, General Manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Manufacturing Operations Divisions, and Frank R. Bakos, Vice President and General Manager of the Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU), regarding…

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A memorandum from H. Art Vedner, Controller of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU), and Frank R. Bakos, Vice President and General Manager of the PGBU, regarding recent appointments in the unit in 1994. In 1983,…

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WE00053.pdf
An organizational chart of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's management structure and its Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) in 1994. In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business operation, starting with the Steam Turbine Generator…

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An organizational chart of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Generation Systems Division in 1995. In 1983, the Westinghouse power generation business operation, starting with the Steam Turbine Generator Division, was taking shape in its new Orlando…

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WE00055.pdf
A memorandum from C. A. Weeks, Thomas A. Christopher, and Raymond J. Sero regarding recent appointments and the restructuring of the Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) in 1996. At the time that the memo was written, Weeks was the General Manager…

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WE00039.pdf
A memorandum from P. E. Lego, Chief Operating Officer of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Energy and Utility Systems Group, regarding the restructuring of the Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) in 1988. In 1983, the Westinghouse power…

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WE00056.pdf
A brochure describing Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Quality Improvement Program for its Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU), launched in 1990 with the goal of creating a Total Quality Culture throughout the organization and all phases of the…

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WE00057.pdf
A brochure, produced between 1980 and 1985 to highlight the features of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Large Rotating Apparatus (LRA) Plant, in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The LRA Plant opened in 1883 and was one of the first manufacturing…

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WE00058.pdf
An academic paper by Richard W. Foster-Pegg, presented at the Pacific Coast Electric Association in March of 1980. During the mid-1970s and into the 1980s, Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Combustion Turbine Systems Division actively participated…

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WE00059.pdf
A guide to turbine element selection. This booklet was produced by Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Steam Turbine Division in 1973 as an applications guide for customers, power plant engineers, and Westinghouse salesmen in the field. At the time,…

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WE00060.pdf
A brochure featuring Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Nuclear Components Division manufacturing facility in Pensacola, Florida. After the downturn in the business, became the sole Westinghouse factory dedicated to both large and small nuclear…

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In March of 1943, the first U.S.-designed and -manufactured jet engine went on test for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 15 months after the signing of a contract with the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer). This first engine, with a…

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The first flight test WE19B under a Goodyear FG-1 Corsair airplane. The WE19B was a improved version of the first engine, the WE19B (later known as the J30) was flight tested in January of 1944 as a booster unit on a Chance Vought Corsair FG-1…

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Westinghouse Electric's J30 jet engine, originally known as the J19B, was a simple and robust unit with six-stage compressor, annular combustor, and single-stage turbine. The J30 initially gave 1,200 pounds of thrust, but improved to 1,600 in…

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The Westinghouse J34 was a turbojet engine developed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Aviation Gas Turbine Division in the late 1940s. Essentially an enlarged version of the earlier Westinghouse J30, the J34 produced 3,000 pounds of thrust,…

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WE00066.pdf
An academic paper by Ronald L. Bannister and George J. Silvestri, Jr., presented at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) Winter Annual Meeting in 1988. Westinghouse Electric Corporation pioneered in the development of steam turbines…

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A gas turbine-driven locomotive. By 1948, the Westinghouse Electric Corporation also built an experimental 4000 hp gas turbine-driven locomotive with the Baldwin Company of Chester, Pennsylvania, that used two of W21 gas turbine units. Initial…

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A diagram of the W201 U.S. Steel blast furnace gas turbine. The unique application of a modified version of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's W201 (rated at 20,000) was installed at South Works, a U.S. Steel manufacturing plant in Chicago,…

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The first pre-engineered combined-cycle power plant installed by the West Texas Utilities Company at its power station in San Angelo, Texas. The Westinghouse Electric gas turbine used for that application was a supercharged model W301, nominally…

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The 300MW Salt Grass combined-cycle plant using 4xW501 gas turbines (1xW501A, 3xW501AA). The plant was built as a dedicated power supply for Dow Chemical Company’s chemical plant operations in Freeport, Texas. The plant was designed, built, and owned…

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The 300MW Salt Grass plant, designed and built by Power Systems Engineering, later known as Destec Engineering, comprised four separate single-shaft combined cycle units. The gas turbines, steam turbines (4x25MW units) and generators were on the same…

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The cover of LIFE for its issue published on November 19, 1965. The cover photograph shows Times Square and the Union Carbide Building in Midtown Manhattan of New York City, New York, during the Great Northeast Blackout. The blackout occurred on…

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A chart showing the U.S. gas turbine market from 1965 to 1990, with forecasts through 2000. The chart begins with the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965, which accelerated the growth of electric utility market for gas turbines in the United States.…

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A table showing the evolution of the W501 gas turbine. Following the introduction of the W501A in 1967-1968, Westinghouse Electric Corporation's technology evolved as turbine inlet temperatures increased by means of improved internal cooling and…

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The W501A, rated at 37MW, was introduced by Westinghouse Electric in 1968 as a direct successor to the W301. The first W501A was installed at Dow Chemical Company's plant Freeport, Texas.Originally called the Westinghouse Electric Company, George…

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The Westinghouse 501AA (W501AA) gas turbine, rated at 58MW, was introduced in 1971. The turbine is shown here on railcar at Westinghouse Electric facility in Lester, Pennsylvania, with executives of the Gas Turbine Department's Small Steam and Gas…

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A drawing of the internal design and construction of Westinghouse Electric's 100 MW-class Westinghouse 501D (W501D) gas turbine, which was the first to operate at 2000F rotor inlet temperature in 1975. This design included a generator drive feature,…

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Westinghouse Electric's 100 MW-class Westinghouse 501D (W501D) gas turbine, which was the first to operate at 2000F rotor inlet temperature in 1975. This design included a generator drive feature, original with Westinghouse and later adopted by…

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A Westinghouse 501D (W501D) gas turbine in Pensacola, Florida, around 1988. Westinghouse Electric began to assemble large gas turbines at its plant in Pensacola, Florida, which was originally built to manufacture components for nuclear power plants.…

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The development of the advanced Westinghouse 501F (W501F) gas turbine began in 1987 as a joint engineering program with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a long-time licensee of Westinghouse. The introductory rating of the 501F was 150MW. The first four…

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A chart showing the growth (power rating vs. combined cycle efficiency) of the advanced Westinghouse 501F (W501F) gas turbine from its introductory rating of 150MW in 1988 to 181MW in 1998, at the time of that Siemens acquired Westinghouse's gas…

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A diagram of the W251B10 50MW-class gas turbine. From circa 1985 through 1998, the Westinghouse 251B10 (W251B10) gas turbine was manufactured at Westinghouse Electric's facility in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The Westinghouse 251 (W251) gas turbine…

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A drawing of the Westinghouse 251B10 (W251B10) gas turbine showing design features characteristic of Westinghouse design around 1983. Originally called the Westinghouse Electric Company, George Westinghouse (1846-1914) founded his manufacturing…

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Three Westinghouse 251B9 (W251B9) gas turbines were sold to Rolls Royce for the Godavari Power Project. in Kakinada, India. This photograph shows delivery of one of the gas turbines to the site by elephant-escorted transport.Originally called the…

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A model of Westinghouse 501D5 (W501D5) EconoPac-packaged simple-cycle power plant around 1983. This diagram illustrates the arrangements of all major components and subsystems. A full gas turbine power plant arrives at site as a set of prepackaged…

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The installation of four of the Westinghouse 501AA (W501AA) EconoPac gas turbine units at Baltimore Gas and Electric Company's ​​​​​​​Perryman Generating Station in Aberdeen, Maryland, which began operations in 1972. Originally called the…

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The installation of three of the Westinghouse 501B (W501B) EconoPac gas turbine units at Nevada Power Company's Clark Generating Station in Las Vegas, Nevada, which began operations in 1979. These units were later converted to combined-cycle…

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The installation of the Westinghouse 251 (W251) EconoPac gas turbine units at Comisión Federal de Electricidad's (CFE) generation station in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, which began operations in 1980. Originally called the Westinghouse Electric Company,…

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The installation of two Westinghouse 501D5 (W501D5) 100 MW-class gas turbine units at Electroperú's La Ventanilla Thermal Power Station near Callao, Peru, which was installed from 1993 to 1995. Originally called the Westinghouse Electric Company,…

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The installation of the Westinghouse 501F (W501F) 166MW-EconoPac gas turbine unit in Barranquilla, Colombia, around 1997. Originally called the Westinghouse Electric Company, George Westinghouse (1846-1914) founded his manufacturing company in…

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Several barge-mounted units using both Westinghouse 251B9 (W251B9) and Westinghouse 501D5 (W501D5) EconoPac gas turbines, which were built at Sabah Shipyards, Malaysia. Several barge-mounted units using both Westinghouse 251B10 (W251B10) and W501D5…

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Several barge-mounted units using both Westinghouse 251B9 (W251B9) and Westinghouse 501D5 (W501D5) EconoPac gas turbines, which were built at Sabah Shipyards, Malaysia. Several barge-mounted units using both Westinghouse 251B10 (W251B10) and W501D5…

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A simplified power cycle diagram depicting the concept in which two Westinghouse 501 (W501) gas turbines exhaust into individual heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) and produce steam for a 100 MW steam turbine. In 1970, Westinghouse introduced the…

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A list of Power at Combined Efficiency (PACE) combined-cycle plant installations from 1973 to1984. Power at Combined Efficiency (PACE) 260 was the original designation of the plant design because the early plants used the 80MW Westinghouse 501B…

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The Public Service of Oklahoma's (PSO) Power at Combined Efficiency (PACE) 260 at the Comanche Power Station in Lawton, Oklahoma. Comanche was the first of the Westinghouse Electric's PACE plants installed in 1973. After several upgrades and…

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El Paso Electric Company installed a Power at Combined Efficiency (PACE) 260 combined-cycle plant at its Newman Station in El Paso, Texas, in 1975. Plant was designed with inlet air filters mounted above the overhead crane using telescoping inlet…

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The Florida Power and Light Company's Power at Combined Efficiency (PACE) 520, which consists of two mirror-image PACE 260 plants, in Palatka, Florida. The plant was installed in 1976. PACE combined-cycle plants are comprised of two Westinghouse 501…

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Southern California Edison Company's Coolwater Station in Daggett, California. This Power at Combined Efficiency (PACE) 520 combined-cycle power plant began operating in 1977 and was designed with the inlet air filters mounted overhead on telescoping…

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The indoor Power at Combined Efficiency (PACE) 520 power plant located at the port of Dos Bocas, Mexico, which began operations in 1975. Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) ordered several of Westinghouse Electric's PACE combined-cycle plants,…

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Nine Westinghouse 501D (W501D) gas turbines, rated at 95.5MW, as the Shedgum Gas Plant in Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. These W501Ds were installed from 1978 to 1981. The Saudi market for large 60Hz gas turbines was key to Westinghouse business during…

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