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George Westinghouse died on March 12, 1914, in New York City at age 67. He was initially interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY then removed on December 14, 1915. As a Civil War veteran, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , along with his wife Marguerite, who survived him by three months.
Jun 14, 2024 · George Westinghouse (born Oct. 6, 1846, Central Bridge, N.Y., U.S.—died March 12, 1914, New York City) was an American inventor and industrialist who was chiefly responsible for the adoption of alternating current for electric power transmission in the United States.
Jun 11, 2018 · George Westinghouse died in New York City on March 12, 1914. The Westinghouse Company continued to market the alternating current system as well as electrical devices that worked well with the new system.
George Westinghouse died on March 12 1914, in New York City, at age 67. As a Civil War veteran, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , along with his wife Marguerite. He was mourned.
Feb 27, 2019 · In contrast to some of the others we have described in this “American Originals” series, including George Eastman, George Westinghouse had few hobbies or interests outside of work. From his pre-teen years until his death, he focused his mind and tremendous energy on inventing things and building companies.
Jul 1, 2021 · Regardless of how you know Westinghouse, it is a guarantee you have used something invented by George Westinghouse himself or under the Westinghouse name. With nearly 400 patents to his name, Westinghouse is a beacon of Gilded Age industry.
Westinghouse was quick to buy up rights to the turbine and start developing it further. By 1898 he had a 300 kW steam turbine powering part of his air brake factory. Final Years: George Westinghouse stepped down from control of the company in 1907. His health quickly declined and he died in 1914 in New York City.
Westinghouse saw the potential for electricity and formed the Westinghouse Electric Company in 1884, later known as the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. He obtained exclusive rights to Nikola Tesla's patents for a polyphase system of alternating current in 1888, persuading the inventor to join the Westinghouse Electric Company.
Most of the Westinghouse factories were located in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area, and associated companies were established throughout the world. Westinghouse lost most of his control over his industrial empire during the financial panic of 1907. He died in New York City on March 12, 1914.
In 1884, George Westinghouse drilled a natural gas well here on his estate, Solitude, now Westinghouse Park. When gas was struck, an uncontrolled geyser erupted for a week. Within two years, Westinghouse obtained over 30 patents for the distribution and safe use of natural gas for industrial and residential customers.
