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Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Westinghouse Electric Corporation is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Pittsburgh NOTE, Allegheny County, dedicated 1986.

6 Gateway Ctr., Westinghouse Plaza between Pbgh. Post-Gazette and 1st Niagara Bldg., Pittsburgh NOTE

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Pioneer in development of alternating current, permitting transmission of electricity over long distances. Founded 1886 by George Westinghouse, it first made AC motors, generators, transformers in a plant at Garrison Place and Penn Avenue.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1872 · Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Ward 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Westmoreland, Fayette counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Map of Pittsburg and Allegheny, Pa (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties, 1872, covering the location of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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