Westinghouse Electric Corporation

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Date EstablishedAugust 8, 1886DescriptionThe Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse. It was originally named "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company" and was renamed "Westinghouse Electric Corporation" in 1945. The company acquired the CBS television network in 1995 and was renamed "CBS Corporation" until being acquired by Viacom in 1999, a merger completed in April 2000. The CBS Corporation name was later reused for one of the two companies resulting from the split of Viacom in 2005.

The Westinghouse trademarks are owned by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and were previously part of Westinghouse Licensing Corporation. The nuclear power business, Westinghouse Electric Company, was spun off from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1999.External Linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation

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Testing A Rotary, Westinghouse Works, 1904

Steam Whistle, Westinghouse Works, 1904

Girls Winding Armatures, 1904

Coil Winding Machines, Westinghouse Works, 1904

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World's Columbian Exposition: Electricity Building, Chicago, United States, 1893

Nikola Tesla's personal exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition Fair

Bell Telephone Exhibit - Electricity Building

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Nikola Tesla

Testing A Rotary, Westinghouse Works, 1904
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation