If you have ever lived in Pittsburgh, you've got most likely heard of George Westinghouse. Pittsburgh is residence to the George Westinghouse Bridge, Westinghouse Park and - a memorial to George Westinghouse in Schenley Park. Even if you don't dwell in Pittsburgh, perhaps you have heard of Westinghouse, the company that bears the man's name. The Westinghouse company name adorns products from TVs to gentle LED bulbs for home to nuclear power plants -- even a Brooklyn, New York high school. The corporate also used to own tv and radio stations. George Westinghouse was an inventor and engineer who held more than 300 patents over the course of his life. He both created new technologies and refined existing ones. He helped make Pittsburgh one of America's industrial centers. Many of the businesses that he based stay in operation at this time, including the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (at present working below the identify Wabtec), and the nuclear energy powerhouse Westinghouse Electric Company. The man even beat out Thomas Edison within the race to construct the nation's electrical infrastructure.

Keep reading to be taught extra about George Westinghouse through his high 5 innovations. Next time you doze off while riding in a car, thank George Westinghouse. In 1910, Westinghouse invented a compressed air shock absorber for automobiles. Earlier than that time, riding in a automobile might be extremely tough. Most early automotive suspensions used leaf or coil springs. Leaf springs are curved pieces of metallic