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George Westinghouse was born in 1846 in the village of Central Bridge, New York (see George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home), the son of Emeline (Vedder) and George Westinghouse Sr., a farmer and machine shop owner. [3] The Westinghouse ancestors came from Westphalia in Germany, moving first to England and eventually emigrating to ...
The Pittsburgh City Council first proposed building a memorial to George Westinghouse in 1916, two years after his death. Initially the memorial was planned for Westinghouse's former estate in Point Breeze North, Solitude, which is now the site of Westinghouse Park.
The New York Times editorial column noted words such as "Westinghoused" (after the Westinghouse Electric alternating current equipment that was to be used), "Gerrycide" (after Elbridge Thomas Gerry, who headed the New York death penalty commission that suggested adopting the electric chair), and "Browned" (after anti-AC activist Harold P. Brown ...
Westinghouse Park is a city-block sized municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The park land is the former estate of George Westinghouse, an American entrepreneur and engineer, and his wife Marguerite. With an area of about 10 acres, it was the site of his mansion known as Solitude.
Shortly thereafter, George Westinghouse hired Stanley as his chief engineer at his Pittsburgh factory. In 1885, Stanley built the first practical alternating current transformer based on Lucien Gaulard and John Dixon Gibbs' prototype of 1881. This device was the precursor to the modern transformer.
Speaking to TVLine in anticipation of the Big Bang Theory spinoff’s Season 7 opener (airing Thursday, Feb. 15 at 8/7c on CBS), executive producer Steve Holland confirms that George Sr.’s death ...
In a recent episode of the 'High Performance' podcast, the English musician regretted judging Payne from a video that was taken in the days before his death
Spoiler alert: There could be a death in the family of TV’s fictional characters this season, one that is a reminder of how poignant such losses can be.