George Westinghouse, Jr. [1846-1914] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

"If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied."
— George Westinghouse

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Engineer, inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse, Jr. [1846-1914] invented a safety brake for railroad cars and then invested in alternating current electrical power, beating Edison's costly direct current system to become the worldwide electric light and mechanical power standard.

1846 - George Westinghouse Jr. is born on October 6, in (Old) Central Bridge, NY. 1862 - Westinghouse joins the U.S. Navy. 1865 - Westinghouse receives his first patent for a rotary steam engine at age 19. 1869 - Westinghouse develops the air brake and establishes the Westinghouse Air Brake Co. at age 23 1871 - Westinghouse gives his employees a half day off on Saturday. 1881 - Westinghouse perfects the first automatic, electric block signal designed to prevent wrecks and help move rail traffic. 1882 - Westinghouse organizes the Union Switch and Signal Co. 1886 - The Westinghouse Electric Co. is founded in Pittsburgh, PA. 1905 - Westinghouse introduces the first alternating current locomotive. 1908 - Westinghouse begins a pension fund for his workers. 1911 - Westinghouse and others develop a marine steam turbine-and-gear combination to propel ships and cargo vessels. 1913 - Westinghouse initiates paid vacations for his employees. 1914 - Westinghouse dies on March 12 in New York City, at age 67. As a Civil War veteran, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

"The Current War" [The Weinstein Company release 2018?]

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable power system and market it to the American people • Announced 5/2012: Producer-director Timur Bekmambetov and his Bazelevs production company bought Michael Mitnick’s spec script, which was listed on the screenplay Black List; the story follows the real-life public clash between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse about the future of the new electric power industry; added 11/2016: actor Tom Holland signed on to portray Samuel Insull • Co-produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Bob Wein-stein, Harvey Weinstein, and others; directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon; co-produced & written by Michael Mitnick; starring Benedict Cumber-batch {as Edison}, Nicholas Hoult {as Tesla}, Michael Shannon {as Westinghouse}, Tom Holland, Katherine Waterston, Tuppence Middleton, John Schwab, Matthew Macfadyen {as J.P. Morgan}, Damien Molony, Tom Bell, Tom Sweet, Conor MacNeill, Iain McKee, Jason Matthewson, Celyn Jones, Woody Norman, Faye Ormston, Phil Hodges, Ekow Quartey, Adam Lazarus, Simon Connolly, Joseph Balderrama, Steven I. Dillard
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available •
full credits at IMDb • official movie site • watch 9/2017 official trailer [2:33] at YouTube

21 Library of Congress silent clips from 1904

1904 short silent films of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, and the Westinghouse Machine Company
there are 21 public-domain silent shorts from Library of Congress gathered at YouTube and also available on DVD
watch 21 clips [2/2009 upload; total run time 75:46] online at YouTube
"History of Westinghouse - An American Industrial Powerhouse - Powering The Future" [2015]
21 clips with music and annoying ads, run time 118 minutes
A2Zcds b&w DVD-R [11/2015] for $9.95
"The Westinghouse Works Film Collection" [2008]
21 clips without music, run time 64 minutes
The Historical Archive b&w DVD-R [2008] for $14.95

The Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) [est. 1869]
Founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; moved to Wilmerding, PA in 1889; acquired by American Standard in 1968; WABCO and MotivePower Industries Corp.
merged in 1990 and was named Wabtec Corporation; WABCO Vehicle Control Systems was spun off in 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Company
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/

Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. [est. 1894; sold in 1988, 1996 & 2001]
currently owned by Bombardier of Canada [est. 1942]; still based in Pittsburgh

Westinghouse Electric Licensing Corp. [est. 1998]
exists for the purpose of licensing, as a subsidiary of C.B.S. Corp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Licensing_Corporation

"Studio One In Hollywood aka "Westinghouse Studio One" TV anthology series [1948] /tt0040051/

"Westinghouse Presents: That's Where The Town Is Going" TV movie [1962] /tt0405463/

Family & Friends
George Westinghouse was born in 1846 in upstate New York; he patented a compressed-air railway airbrake system in March 1868;
the Westinghouse Electric Company was founded in 1886; George Westinghouse died in 1914 at age 67.

wife Marguerite Erskine Walker Westinghouse [-1914] - married 1867, widowed 1914, died 3 months later
son George Westinghouse III had six children

L i n k s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse
http://www.pghbridges.com/braddock/0598-4471/westinghouse.htm
George Westinghouse Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Park

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	"George Westinghouse: His Life and Achievements" [1918] by Francis E. Leupp Kindle Edition from Digital Text Publng Co. [10/2014] for $2.99 Forgotten Books 9x6 pb [6/2016] for $13.57 Sagwan Press 9¼x6 hardcover [8/2015] for $26.95 Little, Brown & Co. 9x6¼ hardcover [1918] out of print/used
	"A Life of George Westinghouse" [American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1921] by Henry G. Prout Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [10/2014] for $99¢ {sic} HardPress Publng 9x6 pb [1/2013] for $14.95 Palala Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2016] for $28.95
	"The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record" [1980] with text by Stanley Appelbaum George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla won a contract to electrify part of the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exhibition, and the astounding result was given the name "The White City". Dover Publns 10¾x8¼ pb [6/80] for $10.36
	"Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse & The Race To Electrify The World" [2003] by Jill Jonnes Random House 8x5¼ pb [10/2004] for $10.85 Random House 9&frac2x6½ hardcover [8/2003] out of print/used watch 2003 interview on "Booknotes" TV show [57:58] online at YouTube
	"George Westinghouse: Gentle Genius" biography [2006] by Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr. Algora Publng 9x6 pb [11/2006] for $24.95 Algora Publng 9x6 hardcover [11/2007] for $32.95
	"Topsy: The Startling Story of The Crooked-Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and The American Wizard, Thomas Edison" [2013] by Michael Daly Topsy the Elephant was a victim of the 'War of The Currents', electrocuted at Coney Island, New York in 1903; Edison was desperate to prove that his direct electric current system was best, that the alternating current system of his opponents George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla was dangerous; the execution of Topsy was successful, but Edison ultimately failed. Kindle Edition from Atlantic Monthly Press [7/2013] for $9.99 Grove Press 8¼x5½ pb [6/2014] for $12.09 Atlantic Monthly Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [7/2013] for $8.00 Topsy the Circus Elephant [1875-1903] entry at Wikipedia Edison Film Mfg. Co. record of the 1903 execution [1:17] online at YouTube

	"The Electricification of Railways" technical paper [1909?] by George Westinghouse 54-page technical paper by Westinghouse, then-president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Shelf2Life/B.C.R. 8x5 pb [11/2009] for $16.75 Shelf2Life/B.C.R. 8¾x5¾ pb [11/2009] for $16.99
	"Broadening The Field of The Marine Steam Turbine: The Problem, and Its Solution" technical paper [1909] by George Wallace Melville, George Westinghouse, John H. MacAlpine Nabu Press 9¾x7½ pb [3/2014] for $21.75 Scholar's Choice 9¾x7½ pb [2/2015] for $21.75 Nabu Press 9¾x7½ pb [3/2010] out of print/used Facsimile Publrs hardcover [2015] out of print/used

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