This front page colum from the New York Times of January 29, 1891 aquaints its readers with George Westinghouse, whom it calls “a remarkable man.”
Then 46 and already greatly accomplished in his inventive industrialism, Westinghouse certainly deserved the attention.
In addition to a Westinghouse biography, the column also provides contemporaneous details about his businesses, including Westinghouse Air Brake, Union Switch & Signal, the Philadelphia Company, and the recently founded Westinghouse Electric Company, the source of his immediate financial crisis.
“Probably no man in America has more prolific in inventions or has taken out more letters patent than Mr. Westinghouse.”
