Our Heritage and History1846 – 18811846 – George Westinghouse born in Central Bridge, New York1865 – Westinghouse patents the rotary steam engine1881 – Westinghouse perfects life-saving railroad block signal1886 – 18951886 – First commercial AC power generating station lights up Great Barrington, Massachusetts1886 – George Westinghouse founds the Westinghouse Electric Company1893 – 25,000 Westinghouse electric lights illuminate the Chicago World’s Fair1900 – 19141900 – First U.S. public utility steam generator1905 – First main-line AC-powered locomotive1909 – First continuous-filament tungsten light bulb1923 – 19371923 – First international short-wave radio broadcast1928 – First television camera tube, the Iconoscope1933 – World’s fastest elevators built for New York’s Rockefeller Center1937 – First industrial atom-smasher1939 – 19501939 – Long-range warning ground radar built1941 – Generators begin producing power at Grand Coulee Dam1946 – First electric clothes dryer1950 – First temperature-controlled portable grill1953 – 19751962 – First computer-controlled teletype network1968 – First “Instant-On” Television1969 – Westinghouse cameras capture moon walk for viewers back on Earth1975 – First high-pressure sodium roadway lighting fixtures1976 – 20081977 – First airborne surveillance radar system1986 – Tunable, solid-state emissions analyzer to detect gases for combustion and pollution control1994 – Introduction of the 501G gas turbine, the largest and most efficient of its type in the world2001 – Energy Star™ light bulbs, lighting fixtures and ceiling fans introduced2002 – Eye Saver™ light bulb2005 – First consumer LCD TV 1080p monitor introduced2009 – Present2009 – Slim, eco and vivid LED TV’s introduced2011 – Rugged, hardworking generators for home or work2011 – Innovative, dependable residential and commercial solar power systems2012 – The Westinghouse 4K 110″ Ultra High-Definition TV2013 – Introducing the power-anything, go-anywhere WH2000i Digital Inverter Generator2014 – Digital LED-based 4k Interactive Whiteboards
