A prolific inventor who was awarded 360 U.S. patents in his own name and a progressive industrialist who founded more than 60 companies in his life, George Westinghouse revolutionized the world multiple times.

The George Westinghouse Archives

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Other than the George Westinghouse Memorial in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park, no place on the planet focuses its attention on George Westinghouse or his enormous and far-reaching accomplishments.

Therefore, this Archive is dedicated to gathering, curating, presenting, and preserving a comprehensive and constantly expanding collection of materials about George Westinghouse, his innovations, companies and family.

This collection includes artifacts, historic newspaper articles, books, essays, letters, photographs, and videos.

This information trove, which now numbers more than 260 items, is both scrollable and searchable using the tools found below as well as the top of each Archive page.

Please enjoy exploring our Archives and learning about the remarkable life and legacy of George Westinghouse.

The railroad air-brake he invented in 1868 changed transportation systems around the globe, as did the railroad switching and signaling systems he created a decade later. In the 1880s, his early interest in natural gas pioneered a new form of energy, while his vision and determination made practical the generation , transmission, and use of alternating current, ushering in the age of AC electricity.

The companies founded by George Westinghouse played major roles in myriad aspects of modern life, including development of radio and television, a range of electrical products for consumers and industry, electric railways, marine propulsion, nuclear energy. The list is endless.

Yet, despite his enormous and enduring impact, George Westinghouse himself is fading from civilization’s collective memory.