The story of Pittsburgh: Electrical appliances

Electrical appliances (Vol. 1, nr.6)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623145

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-239771

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Title:: Electrical appliances

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr.6

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1921

Scope:: [ca. 16] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The Westinghouse air Brake Company

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electric train and street car now in operation, which com- bine to carry annually many times as many passengers as there are people in the whole United States, the Westing- house Air Brake has been said to have more “ultimate consumers’ than any other manufactured product repre- sented by a single industry. THE UNION SWITCH AND SIGNAL COMPANY On December 28, 1878, articles of association of the “Union Electric Signal Company” were filed in Hartford, Conn., the capital stock being $500,000 (10,000 shares at $50 per share). The basis for the formation of the Com- pany were the patents of William Robinson, Oscar Gassett and I. Fisher, covering various electrical appliances for signaling and protecting trains in railroad service. The home office was located at Hartford and the branch office and factory at Boston. This was the first Company organized in the United States for the manufacture and installation of railroad signaling devices. February 4, 1880, the capital stock was increased to $1,000,000, and in the following year, George Westinghouse was elected a director and president of the Company. Shortly afterward, the board of directors authorized the sale of 10,000 shares of the Company’s stock to Mr. West- Inghouse, and also authorized the purchase from Mr. Westinghouse of 4102 shares of the stock of the Inter- locking Switch and Signal Company of Harrisburg, Pa. At a meeting of the directors in Hartford on April 13, 1881, the name of the company was changed to “The Union Switch & Signal Company,” and the capital stock was increased to $1,500,000 to finance the purchase of the total assets and property of the Interlocking Switch and Signal Company. Later in the year the plants at Boston and Harrisburg were moved to Pittsburgh and consolidated at Garrison Alley and Duquesne Way. The Union Switch & Signal Company was chartered under the laws of Pennsvlvania in 1882.

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