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George Westinghouse was born on October 6, 1846, in Central Bridge, New York. At age 15 he ran away to join the Union army, but his parents made him come home. When he turned 16, he convinced them to let him serve, and he spent one year in the Union army and one year in the Union navy. Returning home, he dropped out of college after a few months and thus began his illustrious career as inventor extraordinaire, obtaining 361 patents. He died on March 12, 1914, in New York City, at age 67. As a Civil War veteran, he and is wife are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

George Westinghouse revolutionized the transportation industry with his invention of the railroad air brake. Westinghouse alternating current electricity made the production and transmission of electricity over vast areas possible and the system used to electr

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George Westinghouse

American engineer and businessman (1846–1912)

George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was a prolific American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneurial industrialist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his creation of the railway air brake and for being a pioneer in the development and use of alternating current (AC) electrical power distribution. During his career, he received 362 patents for his inventions and established 61 companies, many of which still exist today.

His invention of a train braking system using compressed air revolutionized the railroad industry around the world. He founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company in 1869.^[1] He and his engineers also developed track-switching and signaling systems, which lead to the founding of the company Union Switch & Signal in 1881.

In the early 1880s, he developed inventions for the safe production, transmission, and use of natural gas. This sparked the creation of a whole new energy industry.

During this same period, Westinghouse recognized the

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George Westinghouse was born on October 16, 1846, to George Westinghouse Sr. and Emeline Vedder, two middle-class farmers in Central Bridge, New York. He was the eighth child in a family that would eventually number ten. When Westinghouse was nine-years-old, his father relocated their family to Schenectady, New York, in order to form and manage his agricultural manufacturing firm, G. Westinghouse & Company. This venue provided young Westinghouse with his first opportunity to explore the field he would later become famous for revolutionizing—mechanical engineering. Westinghouse, intrigued with his fathers work, spent much of his time at the factory when not attending local schools.

At the early age of fifteen, Westinghouse began his legacy of technological development through his first invention—a rotary engine in 1861. Soon after that, however, he decided to join the Union army in the Civil War in that same year. There he served briefly with the Twelfth Regiment in the New York National Guard until his parents urged him to return home. Two years later, Westinghouse persuaded