Wabtec/Air Brake: (Satellite)
Westinghouse Electric
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The plant was just Northeast of the George Westinghouse Bridge.
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| 1933 Photo from U of Michigan Lincoln Highway Collection via BridgeHunter via Dennis DeBruler |
Jeff Yinzer Wood posted three photos with the comment: "Inside the old Westinghouse air brake mill that is now Holtec. That's the original crane from its start."
Andrew Stewart: Actually that was Westinghouse Electric in East Pittsburgh, Westinghouse Air Brake is still in operation in Wilmerding.
Bill Aguilera: Riveted fish belly. Ours in the department were installed in 1912 and running also.
Linda Hudson: We used to load MPC units (tanks) that went to nuclear power plants out of there Holtec ...the power plants put the nuclear waste in them.
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Westinghouse Air Brake
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| Jackson-Township historical preservation posted View of the Westinghouse Air Brake Works in Wilmerding, Allegheny County in 1891. In 1890, George Westinghouse built a plant at Wilmerding, thirteen miles east of Pittsburgh along the Pennsylvania Railroad's Philadelphia-Pittsburgh main line. Soon, the Wilmerding plant sprawled across thirty acres. By 1905, it employed about 3,000 workers who produced 1,000 sets of brakes every day. William Rau took this photograph of the Westinghouse Air-brake works plant in 1891. (Photo and text from http://explorepahistory.com/) |
Two different people colorized the second posting of the above photo.
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| Mark Griffith commented on the second post of the above photo. |
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| Brandon Peck commented on the second post of the above photo. |
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| Fort Frick Photography posted The current day Wabtec (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies) plant in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. Wilmerding was one of the countries first planned towns as it was established to house workers after George Westinghouse moved his Air Brake plant to the area in 1889. Late last year I heard the announcement the plant was set to close by July (it may have already as I haven't heard update), and have been meaning to get back out there since I read the announcement. I've photographed the historic Machine Shop before (far left), but the last time I was in Wilmerding a few years ago, the General Office Building "Westinghouse Castle' was under construction and couldn't get a photo of it without the scaffolding etc. I'll hopefully get to those photos soon, and might even go again to redo one angle that I know didn't come out how I wanted. Out of all of the "Captains of Industry' of that age, George Westinghouse is one of my favorites the more I read about him. He was a pioneer in many fields, and generally treated his workers well by all accounts. |
Google Maps offered this as the signature photo for the town. I presume that is a likeness of George Westinghouse on the sign.
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| I.E Xam, Jun 2016 |
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