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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/38b95a5c5cf285eab1bcb6b901c8c2fd.pdf
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Title
Westinghouse Electric Collection
Alternative Title
Westinghouse Collection
Subject
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Description
Originally called the Westinghouse Electric Company, George Westinghouse (1846-1914) founded his manufacturing company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 8, 1886. In 1889, he renamed his business the The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Westinghouse's primary products include turbines, generators, motors and switchgear related to the generation, transmission, and use of electricity. The company changed its name to Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1945. In 1981, the company began to relocate its divison headquarters for the Steam-Turbine Generator Divisions from Pennsylvania (turbines from Lester and generators from Pittsburgh) to Orlando, Florida. The Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) building was located in The Quadrangle, at 4400 Alafaya Trail. Originally, Westinghouse had purchased a large plot of land for future development that extended westward from Alafaya Trail to Rouse Road. The original headquarters was located on several acres of that land parcel close to Alafaya Trail.<br /><br />In 1994, after a major corporate management shuffling, and a top-level decision to change from an industrial manufacturing company to primarily a broadcasting/communications company, Westinghouse bought the CBS Network and changed its name to the CBS Corporation. As the PGBU grew in size, other buildings in the area were leased and then, after PGBU was sold to Siemens Corporation of Germany in 1998, additional buildings (Quad II and Quad III) were added to the original complex at the Quadrangle. From 1998 to 2003 the Orlando operation was known as Siemens-Westinghouse, after which the name of Westinghouse was dropped. The operation has been known as Siemens from that time forward.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Curator
DeRosa, Peter
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/About/History" target="_blank">History</a>." Westinghouse Nuclear. http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/About/History.
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6422" target="_blank">Westinghouse Power Generation Booklet</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6422.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
Commemorating the Opening of a Museum Honor George Westinghouse
Alternative Title
Museum Honor George Westinghouse
Subject
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Museums--United States
Description
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 museum was the original Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building and the office of the great American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur himself.<br /><br />George Westinghouse (1846-1914) served in the American Civil War as a teenager. Afterwards, at the age of 19, he created his first invention, a rotary steam engine. In 1869, at age 22, Westinghouse invented a railroad braking system using compressed air, and this became the basis of his first major business venture, the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. His important contributions to electric power generation, distribution and application began later in the 19th century. This brochure highlights the career of Westinghouse and his great accomplishments.
Type
Text
Source
Original 14-page brochure, 1988: Private Collection of Harry L. Jaeger.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/169" target="_blank">Westinghouse Electric Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 14-page brochure, 1988.
Coverage
George Westinghouse Museum, Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
Niagara Falls
Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building, Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
Contributor
Jaeger, Harry L.
Date Created
1988
Format
application/pdf
Extent
2.42 MB
Medium
14-page brochure
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Science Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="https://www.siemens.com/global/en/home.html" target="_blank">Siemens</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Jaeger, Harry L.
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/About/History" target="_blank">History</a>." Westinghouse Nuclear. http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/About/History.
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6422" target="_blank">Westinghouse Power Generation Booklet</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6422.
AC
air brakes
Al Schmid
alternating currents
alternating-current system
American Standard, Inc.
APICS
Berkshire House
Bill Stanley
boats
Chicago Columbian Exposition
Chicago World's Fair
East Pittsburgh Works
Education and Research Foundation of the American Production and Inventory Control Society
electric power industry
electricity
engineering
George Melville
George W. Melville
George Wallace Melville
George Westinghouse and Company
George Westinghouse Museum
George Westinghouse, Jr.
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Hartford, Connecticut
inventions
inventors
John Dixon Gibbs
John H. McAlpine
laboratories
laboratory
labs
Lucien Gaulard
main-line locomotives
marine turbines
museums
naval vessels
Neptune
Niagara Falls
Nikola Tesla
Pan Handle Route
Panhandle Route
Pittsburgh Packing Company
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
polyphase systems
propellers
railroad electrification
railroad switching
railroads
railway signaling
railways
Reginald Belfield
rotary steam engines
Schenectady Agricultural Works
secondary generators
ships
single-phase alternative currents
steam turbines
steamboats
steamers
steamships
Stuart and Gibson
The Castle
trains
transformers
transportation
U.S. Navy
Westinghouse Air Brake
Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
William Stanley, Jr.
Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
World's Columbian Exposition
World's Fair: Columbian Exposition