Who Knew that Old George was So Cool?
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If you’ve got ever lived in Pittsburgh, you’ve in all probability heard of George Westinghouse. Pittsburgh is dwelling to the George Westinghouse Bridge, Westinghouse Park and - a memorial to George Westinghouse in Schenley Park. Even when you do not dwell in Pittsburgh, maybe you have heard of Westinghouse, the corporate that bears the man’s identify. The Westinghouse company name adorns merchandise from TVs to mild bulbs to nuclear energy plants -- even a Brooklyn, New York high school. The corporate also used to own tv and radio stations. George Westinghouse was an inventor and engineer who held greater than 300 patents over the course of his life. He both created new technologies and refined current ones. He helped make Pittsburgh certainly one of America’s industrial centers. Many of the businesses that he based stay in operation in the present day, including the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (presently working below the name Wabtec), and the nuclear power powerhouse Westinghouse Electric Company. The man even beat out Thomas Edison in the race to build the nation’s electrical infrastructure.


Keep studying to study more about George Westinghouse through his high 5 inventions. Next time you doze off while riding in a automotive, thank George Westinghouse. In 1910, Westinghouse invented a compressed air shock absorber for EcoLight cars. Before that time, riding in a automobile could be extraordinarily tough. Most early automotive suspensions used leaf or coil springs. Leaf springs are curved pieces of steel