The Westinghouse Legacy honors inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse, Jr.

The breadth and depth of his accomplishments rank him among history's most consequential people.

George Westinghouse made the world a better place.

There’s no doubt Westinghouse was a great man, possibly the greatest who ever lived in Pittsburgh, and certainly greater than the business or financial "wizards" who manipulated other men's ideas.

Perhaps he might better be called an "inspired" mechanic of almost divine proportions, a Messiah of the mechanistic 19th century. What was in his mind and what emerged from his hand turned miraculously into devices that have helped transform the world.

– James Van Trump, Historian

The Westinghouse Legacy:

a Pennsylvania-registered, 501(C)(3) non-profit organization

  • Gathers, curates, and digitally presents an ever-growing ARCHIVE of documents, photographs, books, articles, podcasts, videos, and other materials related to George Westinghouse, including the 360 patents he received, the companies he founded, his life, family, and descendants.

  • Actively advocates for Westinghouse Park, the ten Pittsburgh acres that from 1871 to 1914 were “Solitude,” the estate of Marguerite and George Westinghouse.

Westinghouse Park

A beautiful public greenspace since 1919, Westinghouse Park was certified as an Arboretum in 2021. It has also been determined to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and as a Pittsburgh Historic Landmark.

Supporting and managing these initiatives and advocating for implementation of Pittsburgh's master development plan for the park, The Westinghouse Legacy is organizing several archeological research programs with the University of Pittsburgh to explore the historic site.

TWL will also continue to support community-based activities in the park.