We are proud to announce Westinghouse Waypoints, a collection of self-guided tours you can take using your mobile phone and the PastFinders app.
To start, just download the free PastFinders app from Google Play or the Apple Store and scan this QR code.
Then you can take a self-guided tour of these sites around southwestern Pennsylvania associated with George Westinghouse and the companies he founded.
And it’s not even necessary actually to be there!
Liberty Avenue and 25th St, Pittsburgh - First Westinghouse Air Brake factory (1870)
Westinghouse Park - The former site of Solitude (1871 - 1918)
Penn Avenue and Garrison Alley - First Union Switch and Signal factory (1882), First Westinghouse Electric factory (1890), R.D. Nuttall machine shop and Nerst Lamp Company, both Westinghouse Companies (1910)
Penn Avenue and Ninth Street - First Westinghouse office building
General Robinson and Lacock Streets in Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh North Shore) - Westinghouse Air Brake (1882), Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company (1902), and Westinghouse Electric Supply Company (1924)
Wilmerding - Westinghouse Air Brake (1890)
Swissvale - Union Switch & Signal (1890)
Trafford City - Westinghouse Foundries (1892).
Bruno Island in the Ohio River - First Duquesne Light power plant (1894)
East Pittsburgh - Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing (1895)
Westinghouse High School - Pittsburgh (1914)
Schenley Park - The Westinghouse Memorial (1930)
The George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge (1931)
Forrest Hills - Westinghouse Vander Graf generator (1938)
11 Stanwix Street - Second Westinghouse office building
Westinghouse Arts Academy Charter School - Wilmerding (2017)
Heinz History Center - Westinghouse archives (2009)
The George Westinghouse star on the Pittsburgh Walk of Fame (2026)
We plan to expand the collection to other Westinghouse sites across the state, around the country, and internationally.