Large Rotating Apparatus Plant: Westinghouse, East Pittsburgh
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Title
Large Rotating Apparatus Plant: Westinghouse, East Pittsburgh
Alternative Title
Westinghouse Large Rotating Apparatus Plant
Subject
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Description
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 plants built by the Westinghouse Electric Company. During most of its history, this factory was used to manufacture and service Westinghouse electric generators. It also housed the headquarters of the Large Rotating Apparatus Division (LRAD) of the Power Generation Group. In the early 1980s, LRAD was integrated with the Steam Turbine Division, which was headquartered at another one of the original Westinghouse plants in Lester, near to Philadelphia. The newly consolidated organization, called Steam Turbine Generator Division, soon moved to its new headquarters in Orlando, Florida, in between 1982 and 1983. The East Pittsburgh plant closed around 1987 or 1988, when generator manufacturing was moved to other Westinghouse plants in Pensacola, North Carolina, and Alabama.
Source
Original 19-page brochure: Private Collection of Harry L. Jaeger.
Publisher
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Date Created
ca. 1980-1985
Date Issued
ca. 1980-1985
Contributor
Jaeger, Harry L.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 19-page brochure.
Is Part Of
Westinghouse Electric Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Requires
Format
application/pdf
Extent
3.6 MB
Medium
19-page brochure
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Large Rotating Apparatus Plant, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Science Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Siemens and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Jaeger, Harry L.
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
Gallagher, Jim. "WE closes East Pittsburgh." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 2, 1987. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19870502&id=qctRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6m0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6636,314638&hl=en,%20.
"History." Westinghouse Nuclear. http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/About/History.
"Westinghouse Power Generation Booklet." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6422.
Collection
Citation
“Large Rotating Apparatus Plant: Westinghouse, East Pittsburgh,” RICHES, accessed April 23, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7457.