page_title: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
section_title: 1900s to 1920s
hierarchical_section_title: Westinghouse Electric Corporation / Timeline of company evolution / 1900s to 1920s
caption_attribution_description: English: Silent Sentinels cover, 1924
context_page_description: The first incarnation of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, an American manufacturing company, was founded on January 8, 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 into the first incarnation of CBS Corporation before being acquired by Viacom in 1999.
  As of August 2019, the Westinghouse brand is managed by the Westinghouse Licensing Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS that became the legal successor to Viacom. The nuclear power business, Westinghouse Electric Company, was spun off from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1999.
context_section_description: 1901 – acquires Bryant Electric Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, which continues operation as a subsidiary
  1901 – operation of first Westinghouse steam turbine generator installed at Hartford Electric Light Company
  1904 – with Baldwin, markets Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotives and A.C. electrification of railroads, particularly to the New Haven Railroad
  1909 – introduces continuous-filament tungsten light bulb; ousts George Westinghouse as chairman during bankruptcy reorganization
  1914 – acquires Copeman Electric Stove Company in Flint, Michigan from Lloyd Groff Copeman, moves it to Mansfield, Ohio and enters the home appliance market (sold in 1974 to White Consolidated Industries)
  1914 – George Westinghouse dies, with a legacy including 361 patents and the founding of 60 companies.
  1915 – New England Westinghouse Company opens for business. First product is Mosin–Nagant rifles for the Russian Czar's army. Within two years, the Bolsheviks overthrow the Russian Provisional Government and cancel a previous order of over 1 million rifles. Facing bankruptcy, Westinghouse is rescued by the American Government when it purchases the rifles for use by the military.
  1916 – share of British Westinghouse purchased by a British holding company, which becomes Metropolitan-Vickers
  1917 – builds steam turbine manufacturing plant in Lester, PA (Tinicum Township) near the Philadelphia airport
  1919 – 8XE Pittsburgh experimental station goes on the air.
  1919 – Creates RCA with GE, AT&T and United Fruit, buys the American division of Marconi.
  1920 – Acquires International Radio Telegraph Company (formerly known as the National Electric Signaling Company)
  1921 – acquires the Pittsburg High Voltage Insulator Company
  1920s – enters the broadcasting industry, with stations like KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and WBZ in Massachusetts
  1926 – In partnership with GE and RCA founds NBC Broadcasting.
caption: 1924 book on protective relays for AC and DC electrical systems by the Company
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