Westinghouse
The name
Westinghouse can refer to any number of devices and independent businesses that can trace their roots to the work of George Westinghouse:
People
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George Westinghouse, founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Places
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George Westinghouse Bridge, which carries US30 (The
Lincoln Highway) in
East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*
Westinghouse Park, a municipal park in
Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaDevices
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Westinghouse air brake. Patented by George Westinghouse in
1872.
Present companies
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1998). Founded by trademark-owner
CBS Corporation to license the defunct
Westinghouse brand to other manufacturers.
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Westinghouse Electric Company. Present day nuclear group, purchased by
BNFL from CBS in
1999 and sold to
Toshiba in 2006.
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Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd, formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd, part of
Invensys.
Prior companies
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886). Founded by George Westinghouse in
1886, renamed CBS Corporation in
1997*
British Westinghouse. Founded by George Westinghouse in
1899, sold and renamed
Metropolitan Vickers (later subsumed into
GEC).
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Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group, the defense electronics division of Westinghouse, sold to
Northrop Grumman in 1996 (now
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems).
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White-Westinghouse. Manufacturer of home appliances under the Westinghouse name, sold by
Westinghouse in 1975 and acquired by
Electrolux in 1986.
Licensees of the modern Westinghouse Electric Corporation
The following companies sell products
under the name Westinghouse, having each licensed the name from the modern-day CBS-owned
Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1998):
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Westinghouse Digital Electronics, selling LCD televisions and related products
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Westinghouse Lighting Corporation, selling light bulbs, ceiling fans, and lighting fixtures
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Salton, Inc., selling vacuum cleaners
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Linear LLC d/b/a Westinghouse-home.com, selling garage-door openers and wireless intercoms
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The NCC, Inc., selling electrical accessories, small lighting devices, and flashlights
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Nordyne d/b/a Westinghouse Heating and Cooling, selling
HVAC systems
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International Development Corporation d/b/a Westinghouse Solar Lights, selling solar lighting
