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 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 division 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.

As the PGBU grew in size, other buildings were rented and then, after PGBU was sold to Siemens Corporation, additional buildings were added to the complex. In 1994, after a major corporate management shuffling and commitment 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 were rented and then, after PGBU was sold to Siemens Corporation in 1998, additional buildings were added to the Quadrangle.]]> President Jimmy Carter - Address to the Nation on Energy." YouTube video, April 18, 1977, posted by the Miller Center, March 28, 2008. https://youtu.be/-tPePpMxJaA.]]> Address to the Nation on Energy." Speech, Washington, D.C., April 18, 1977, Miller Center. http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/speech-3398.]]> Westinghouse Electric Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Flash Player]]> Java]]> Miller Center.]]> Miller Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi (1982).]]> Gas Turbine World, May-June 2011: Private Collection of Harry L. Jaeger.]]> Gas Turbine World]]> Gas Turbine World, May-June 2011.]]> Westinghouse Electric Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Gas Turbine World.]]> Gas Turbine World and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> item 03433, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]]> Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]]> Westinghouse Electric Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>