US Entrepreneurs, Biography, George Westinghouse, Westinghouse Electric Company, Born in 1846

George Westinghouse was born in 1846.

He was an American entrepreneur and engineer.

He founded the Westinghouse Electric Company in 1886.

Westinghouse developed a rotary steam engine and helped introduce the railway air brake.

He was awarded the AIEE Edison Medal in 1911 for his contribution to the development of the alternating current system.

He was a major proponent of alternating current technology, which eventually replaced Thomas Edison's direct current in electric power distribution.

Westinghouse was involved in the development of the first nuclear power plant in the United States.

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