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George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (died 1914)
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George Westinghouse
American engineer, inventor, and businessman (1846–1914)
George Westinghouse Jr. was a prolific American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneurial industrialist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his creation of the railway air brake and for being a pioneer in the development and use of alternating current (AC)…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Former American manufacturing company
The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (WABCO) was an American company founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Earlier in the year he had invented the railway air brake in New York state.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)