Wilmerding and the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (PA) (Images of America)

When George Westinghouse Jr. founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, his air brakes, railroad equipment, and industrial pneumatic devices revolutionized rail travel, opening a new chapter in American industrial history. Not only were the products of his first company revolutionary, but the small borough he founded in 1890 in southwestern Pennsylvania became a model for residential and industrial development. Wilmerding, precisely planned and built according to Westinghouseís specifications, would house the workersóskilled and unskilled, black and whiteówho would produce George Westinghouseís air brake. ÝÝWilmerding and the Westinghouse Air Brake Company tells the story of a town and company that grew up hand in hand. This collection of historical photographs, drawn from the archive of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, shows how the citizens of Wilmerding livedófrom the factories where they worked everyday to the Castle, where they bowled and swam. See the Victorian-style homes where they lived with their families, the park where they strolled, and the company band they heard at concerts and parades. Learn about the industry-changing products they produced and sold globally. Wilmerding and the Westinghouse Air Brake Company is an American story of a man and his visionóhow he and the town he founded changed the face of rail travel and industry. ÝÝWilmerding World Wide seeks to promote the history of George Westinghouse, his many companies, inventions, achievements, and the town of Wilmerding.