One of the greatest engineers, industrialists, and inventors of his time, George Westinghouse Jr. modernized the railroad industry with his ideas. He was a businessmen who recieved 360 patents and started 60 companies with 50,000 employees. Some of his greatest contributions and inventions in the railroad industry was the air brake system and the railroad signal.

Aside from contributing most of his ideas in the railroad industry, Westinghouse played an vital role in the electrical world and technological world. One of his major invention in the technological world was the rotary system. At a very young age, Westinghouse invented and obtained his first patent for the rotary system, an invention that still plays a vital role in our modern world.


Railroad Industry
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Rotary Steam Engine
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