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:: Electrical Appliances

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650.00, (par of which is $50.00), on which quarterly divi- dends of $1.00 a share or 89, per annum, are paid. The property and plant are valued at $42,920,366.00. Its investments in stocks, bonds, debentures, etc., of other companies, are valued at close to $12,000,000.00 and the latest balance sheet shows total current assets of $118,290,- 191.00. The floor space used by the Company is more than 200 acres. Its power house capacity is 28,000 horsepower. Its daily coal consumption is 500 tons, and its average monthly shipments are 1,000 carloads. Section R, 1610 feet long and 70 feet wide, is one of the largest single areas in the world devoted to manufacturing purposes. Elec- trical apparatus made and installed by the Company is to be found in every civilized country, and ships equipped with Westinghouse electrical appliances are constantly traversing the oceans all over the globe. Vessels to the number of 870 are now in service or under construction bearing Westinghouse propelling machinery. The Com- pany introduced the Alternating Current System into America, initiated the Polyphase Induction Motor, mar- keted the first successful single reduction railway motor, and made the first American direct-connected turbine- generator. Generators are built from 5 to 70,000 Kv-a; transformers from 34 to 23,000 Kv-a, and motors from 1/100 to 15,000 horsepower. Mindful of the welfare of its employes, the Company operates for their benefit the largest industrial eating house in the world. It also builds houses and sells them to its employes on easy payments, and it maintains for their benefit a technical night school which affords a liberal course of study and fits them to take higher and more remunerative positions as their ability and knowledge develop. The main plant of the Company is at East Pittsburgh, where electrical apparatus of all kinds is made. Here, too, is located the Pittsburgh Meter Company, a sub- sidiary, making water and gas meters. In Pittshurgh is the R. D. Nuttall Company, another subsidiary, producing

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