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Westinghouse Heritage西屋傳統

1865
George Westinghouse patents the rotary steam engine.
喬治威斯汀豪斯申請旋轉式蒸汽機專利

1869
Westinghouse patents the air brake, revolutionizing railroad safety.
喬治威斯汀豪斯空氣制動器專利，鐵路安全的革命性改變。

1869
Westinghouse Air Brake Company is founded.
喬治威斯汀豪斯空氣制動器公司誕生。

1871
Westinghouse Air Brake Company implements half-day Saturdays, a big step toward the five-day work week.
喬治威斯汀豪斯空氣制動器公司實行周六半天工作。走向5天工作制的重要一步。

1873
Westinghouse invented the automatic air brake by utilizing a triple valve system that equipped each car with its own air cylinder.

喬治威斯汀豪斯發明自動空氣制動器。在每一節車廂安裝一個獨立氣缸的三閥系統。

1881
Westinghouse founds Union Switch and Signal Company to develop closed-track circuits and interlocking systems for railroads.
西屋公司成立了UnionSwitch and Signal公司，爲鐵路開發封閉軌道電路和聯鎖控制系統。

1886
Westinghouse Electric Company is founded.
西屋電氣公司成立。

1888
Nikola Tesla receives a patent for the first alternating current motor and comes to work for Westinghouse Electric Company.
尼古拉特斯拉獲得了第一台交流電機的專利，並開始爲西屋電氣公司工作

1891
Westinghouse built the world’s first industrial AC system, Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant.
西屋公司建造了世界上第一個工業交流系統，艾姆斯水力發電厰。

1893
西屋公司擊敗托馬斯愛迪生獲得了用交流電源點亮芝加哥世界博覽會的合同，並贏得了“直流交流之戰”。

1896
Installed hydropower AC generators at Adams Power Plant, Niagara Falls which supplied power to Buffalo, New York
在爲紐約布法羅供電的尼亞加拉瀑布亞當斯發電厰安裝了水力交流發電機

1901
First commercial Westinghouse steam turbine driven generator, 1,500 kW unit nicknamed the Mary-Ann, Hartford Electric Light Co.
第一台商用西屋汽輪機驅動發電機，1,500 kW 裝置，綽號瑪麗-安, Hartford Electric Light Co.

1905
Westinghouse’s first main-line AC powered locomotive produced for New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Mode:l NH EP1 Supplied voltage: 11 kV, 25 Hz AC, 600 V DC & 636 V AC.
西屋公司爲紐約、紐黑文和哈特福德鐵路生産的第一台主線交流動力機車。型號：l NH EP1 供電電壓：11 kV，25 Hz AC，600 V DC 和 636 V AC。

1914
Westinghouse acquires Copeman Electric Stove Company and enters the home appliance market.
西屋收購科普曼電爐公司，進軍家電市場。

1914
George Westinghouse dies, leaving a legacy that includes 361 patents and the founding of 60 companies.
喬治威斯汀豪斯去世，留下的遺産包括 361 項專利和創辦的60 家公司

1920
Westinghouse makes history with the first commercial radio broadcast in the country. Radio station KDKA begins operations.
西屋公司開創全美首個商業無線電廣播。 KDKA廣播電台開始運營。

1921
Westinghouse introduces the first factory-built radio receiver.
西屋公司推出了第一台工厰製造的無線電接收器。

1923
Westinghouse pioneers the first international shortwave radio broadcast.
西屋公司開創了第一個國際短波無線電廣播。

1930
55,000 Westinghouse workers honor George Westinghouse by raising funds to build a memorial and garden in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park.
55,000 名西屋公司員工通過籌集資金在匹兹堡的申利公園建造紀念館和花園來紀念喬治·威斯汀豪斯。

1933
The world’s fastest elevators are built for New York’s Rockefeller Center.
爲紐約洛克菲勒中心建造世界上最快的電梯

1937
Westinghouse Electric constructs the first atom smasher to explore the potential of nuclear energy as a practical power source.
西屋電氣製造了第一台原子粉碎機，以探索核能作爲實用能源的潜力。

1939
Westinghouse makes an impression at the New York World’s Fair with its Hall of Power and Elektro, the walking, talking robot.
西屋公司在紐約世界博覽會的動力大廳的展覽以及會説話的機器人Elektro給人留下了深刻的印象。

1940s
Westinghouse supports the war effort on many fronts, including the creation of the famous “We Can Do It” poster.
西屋公司在許多方面支持美國二戰，包括創作著名的“我們可以做到”海報。

1941
Westinghouse begins producing power at Grand Coulee Dam.
西屋開始在大古力大壩發電。

1947
First all-weather airport approach lighting installed at Idlewild International Airport, New York.
安裝在紐約 Idlewild 國際機場世界第一個全天候機場進場照明。

1948
First industrial 2000 HP, W21 gas turbine installed at the Mississippi River Fuel Corp in Wilmar, Arkansas
世界第一台工業 2000 HP、W21 燃氣輪機安裝在阿肯色州威爾瑪的密西西比河燃料公司

1950s
Westinghouse markets its appliance line with the Freedom Fair advertising campaign.
西屋公司通過 Freedom Fair 廣吿活動推銷其家電産品線。

1954
The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, was launched with a reactor built by Westinghouse.
世界上第一艘核潜艇USS Nautilus由西屋公司建造的反應堆提供動力

1960
Paul Rand designs the Westinghouse logo.
Paul Rand 設計了西屋公司的標誌。

1969
Westinghouse cameras capture the first moonwalk for viewers back on earth.
西屋公司的攝像機爲地球上的觀衆捕捉了第一次月球漫步。

1977
Westinghouse introduces the first airborne surveillance radar system.
西屋公司推出了第一個機載監視雷達系統。