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Dublin Core
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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.
Still Image
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Title
LIFE (November 19, 1965)
Alternative Title
Life (Nov. 19, 1965)
Subject
Energy--United States
Description
The cover of <em>LIFE</em> 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 November 9, 1965, and affected Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Vermont, as well as part of Ontario, Canada. Some of the repercussions of the blackout included a large wave of utility purchases of power generating gas turbines to increase the peak load capacity and reserve margin of the many power systems, which were vulnerable to overload and failure. The event is considered to be the catalyst that jump started the modern gas turbine industry.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original color magazine cover: <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E0wEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank"><em>LIFE</em></a>, November 19, 1965.
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 color magazine cover: <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E0wEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank"><em>LIFE</em></a>, November 19, 1965.
Coverage
Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York
Union Carbide Building, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York
Publisher
<a href="http://time.com/life/" target="_blank"><em>LIFE</em></a>
Contributor
Jaeger, Harry L.
Date Created
1965-11-09
Date Issued
1965-11-19
Date Copyrighted
1965-11-19
Format
image/jpg
Extent
14.1 KB
Medium
1 color magazine cover
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <a href="http://time.com/life/" target="_blank"><em>LIFE</em></a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://time.com/life/" target="_blank"><em>LIFE</em></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="https://books.google.com/books?id=E0wEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank"><em>LIFE</em></a>, November 19, 1965. https://books.google.com/books?id=E0wEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false.
Nye, David E. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/593295754" target="_blank"><em>When the Lights Went Out: A History of Blackouts in America</em></a>. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2010.
blackouts
energy
LIFE
Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York
Northeast Blackout of 1965
power blackouts
power cuts
power failures
power outages
skyscrapers
Times Square
Union Carbide Building