George Westinghouse - Pittsburgh, PA - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

This large memorial is located in Schenley Park on West Circuit Drive. The memorial is dedicated to George Westinghouse, famous for developing the Railway Air Brake and Alternating Current electrical power. In 1989 he was inducted in to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

This memorial was created by his employees in 1930, roughly 16 years after he passed away at the age of 67. Memorial features a statue of a young man looking up at Westinghouse surrounded by plaques detailing his achievements.

MEMORIAL TEXT:
"GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE
UNION SOLDIER
CITIZEN OF PITTSBURGH
FOUNDER OF THE WESTINGHOUSE
INDUSTRIES
BENEFACTOR OF HUMANITY
THROUGH HIS LABORS
AND INVENTIONS
1846 - 1914
ERECTED BY
WESTINGHOUSE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
OF 54251 MEMBERS
WHO SERVED WITH HIMI IN THE
ARMY OF INDUSTRY

[FAR LEFT PLAQUE]
THE FIRST
SUBSTITUTION OF
HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY
FOR OPERATING
A MAIN LINE RAILROAD

[MIDDLE LEFT PLAQUE]
STEAM TURBINES BY VAST
POWER IN SMALL SPACE AND
GREAT ECONOMY HAVE
BECOME A BASIC SOURCE OF
UNIVERSAL ELECTRICITY

[LEFT PLAQUE]
NIAGARA WHOSE ENERGY
CONVERTED TO ELECTRICITY
SERVED THE FIRST GREAT
POWER SYSTEM AND CREATED
AN INDUSTRIAL EMPIRE

[CENTER PLAQUE]
FIRST TRIAL EQUIPMENT OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE - 1869

[RIGHT PLAQUE]
CHICAGO EXPOSITION 1893
WHERE WAS FIRST EXHIBITED
IN OPERATION A COMPLETE
ALTERNATING SYSTEM OF
POWER DISTRIBUTION

[MIDDLE RIGHT PLAQUE]
THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE
IMMEASURABLY INCREASED THE
SPEED SAFETY AND ECONOMY
OF RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION
THROUGHTOUT THE WORLD

1869-1969
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CENTENNIAL
AMERICAN STANDARD INC.

[FAR RIGHT PLAQUE]
MODERN SIGNALING SYSTEMS
WHICH ENABLED SPEED WITH
SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION
ARE THE RESULTS OF THE
VISION OF WESTINGHOUSE

1881 - 1981
UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL CENTENNIAL
AMERICAN STANDARD INC."

Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link] Location: Schenley Park

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