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The Westinghouse Combustion Turbine Systems Division (CTSD), part of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's [1] Westinghouse Power Generation [2] group, was originally located, along with the Steam Turbine Division (STD), in a major industrial manufacturing complex, referred to as the South Philadelphia Works, in Lester, Pennsylvania near to the Philadelphia International Airport.
1885 – Westinghouse becomes aware of the new European transformer based alternating current systems when he reads about them in the UK technical journal Engineering [35] 1885 – William Stanley, Jr., working for Westinghouse, develops the first practical AC transformer [36] 1886 – Westinghouse Electric Company founded in East Pittsburgh [37]
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 ...
A more powerful model 9,500/13,700 lbf thrust version was intended to replace the earlier engines in the various airframes. In total, thirteen different variations were planned. The projected need for the higher-power engines led BuAer to place a second source production contract with Ford Motor Company, Lincoln Mercury Division for both J40-WE ...
Power Equipment Direct (PED) is an online retail company based in Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA.The company began in 2002 [1] selling pressure washers, and now operates many niche websites selling different types of outdoor power equipment, including air compressors, chainsaws, electric generators, log splitters, lawn mowers, snow blowers, sump pumps, water pumps and accessories.
The Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division (AGT) was established by Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1945 to continue the development and production of its gas turbine engines for aircraft propulsion under contract to the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. The AGT Division was headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, where it remained in ...
A Westinghouse Farm Engine from 1890 The Westinghouse Farm Engine was a small, vertical-boiler steam engine built by the Westinghouse Company that emerged in the late 19th century. In the transition from horses to machinery, small portable engines were hauled by horses from farm to farm to give power where it was needed.
Westinghouse Electric Company, providing nuclear power-related services Westinghouse Electronics , which sells LED and LCD televisions Russell Hobbs, Inc. , licensed to make small appliances such as vacuum cleaners under the Westinghouse name, from 2002 to 2008