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2. Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Steam turbine generator: The first commercial Westinghouse steam turbine-driven generator, a 1,500 kW unit, began operation at Hartford Electric Light Co. in 1901. The machine, nicknamed Mary-Ann , was the first steam turbine generator to be installed by an electric utility to generate electricity in the US.

3. Westinghouse Electric Company - Wikipedia

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   Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is an American nuclear power company formed in 1999 from the nuclear power division of the original Westinghouse Electric Corporation. [3] It offers nuclear products and services to utilities internationally, including nuclear fuel , service and maintenance, instrumentation, control and design of nuclear power ...

4. Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant - Wikipedia

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   It became operational in 1891 and was built by Westinghouse Electric around two of their large alternators. One was set up in the valley as a generator and driven by water. It was connected by a 2.6-mile (4.2 km) transmission line to the second alternator used as a motor up at the Gold King Mine to drive the mining operation.

5. George Westinghouse - Wikipedia

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   In 1890, the Edison company, in collusion with Thomson-Houston, arranged for the first electric chair to be powered with a Westinghouse AC generator. Westinghouse tried to block this move by hiring the best lawyer of the day to (unsuccessfully) defend William Kemmler, the first man scheduled to die in the chair.

6. Palisades Nuclear Generating Station - Wikipedia

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   The dome roof is 3 feet (0.91 m) thick. Access is via a personnel lock measuring 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) by 7 feet 8 inches (2.34 m). The Westinghouse Electric Company turbine generator can produce 725,000 kilowatts of electricity. Built between 1967 and 1970, Palisades was approved to operate at full power in 1973. [4]

7. Ex-Westinghouse official, the last defendant in SC’s SCANA ...

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   The failure of SCANA and Westinghouse to build the nuclear plant in Fairfield County, a surprise development announced in July 2017, threw thousands of people out of work and led to a buyout of ...