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	Westinghouse Works, 1904
		Westinghouse saw the potential for electricity and formed the Westinghouse Electric Company in 1884, later known as the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
		Westinghouse's company took on another industrial challenge when it was awarded a contract with the Cataract Construction Company in 1893 to build 3 huge generators for harnessing the energy of the Niagara Falls water into electrical energy.
		Westinghouse made further industrial history by acquiring exclusive rights to manufacture the Parsons steam turbine in America and by introducing the first alternating current locomotive in 1905.
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	Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum Education
		George Westinghouse invented the first version of the air brake in 1869 when he was just 22 years old.
		Without air brakes, the engineer had little control over his train and it was not uncommon for the brakeman to lose fingers or be crushed between the cars.
		To apply the brakes, the engineer reduces the pressure in the pipe and a value directs the greater pressure in the tank to a cylinder that applies the brakes.
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		Air brakes history george westinghouse car Leap from car to car and set Thus the Westinghouse air brake was history of many Pittsburgh families and are not forgotten.
		Team invented the first car safety air bags that were first offered Air Brakes.
		Brakes had to be applied manually on each.
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		The original Westinghouse Air Brake was founded in 1869 by George Westinghouse
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