When George Westinghouse Jr. founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company; his air brakes; railroad equipment; and industrial pneumatic devices revolutionized rail travel; opening a new chapter in American industrial history. Not only were the products of his first company revolutionary; but the small borough he founded in 1890 in southwestern Pennsylvania became a model for residential and industrial development. Wilmerding; precisely planned and built according to Westinghouses specifications; would house the workers-skilled and unskilled; black and white-who would produce George Westinghouses air brake. Wilmerding and the Westinghouse Air Brake Company tells the story of a town and company that grew up hand in hand. This collection of historical photographs; drawn from the archive of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company; shows how the citizens of Wilmerding lived-from the factories where they worked everyday to the Castle; where they bowled and swam. See the Victorian-style homes where they lived with their families; the park where they strolled; and the company band they heard at concerts and parades. Learn about the industry-changing products they produced and sold globally. Wilmerding and the Westinghouse Air Brake Company is an American story of a man and his vision-how he and the town he founded changed the face of rail travel and industry.
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