Westinghouse
A man that all of America may be proud. Most people know the name Westinghouse as the name of an appliance, but where did the name come from? Many people may not know that George Westinghouse was not only an inventor, but a visionary. George Westinghouse's many inventions fed the Industrial Revolution that swept through America in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The Industrial Revolution brought many changes to the United States. Even though America was progressing, many ill effects were brought on by this expansion. Westinghouse was one of the Industrialist that actually cared about the many problems he saw in urban America. Westinghouse, at the age of forty-two, could no longer ignore "the evils of social upheaval created by too rapid industrial development"(Levine, 2). George Westinghouse wanted something done, but it looked as if he was the only one that would do it. George Westinghouse had influenced many areas of his era and ours. His many inventions, his good-willed policy toward his work!ers and his business practices have affected all of us; but nothing will compare to the influences that he left on our country's upper-class - the concept
He was one of the world's true noblemen, of whom America may well be proud and to whom humanity owes an immense debt of gratitude" (Corporate, 1) . On the trial run, the train came to a crossing where a farmer's wagon had broken down. By 1890, the Westinghouse Electric Company sales totaled four million dollars; Westinghouse had also installed more than three-hundred electrical generators including Niagara Falls, by this time. He also created a more profitable operation for the railroads. The bigger profits that were made by the railroad barons, the more they invested and the faster the Industrial Revolution took place. The Grievance Committee would form to resolve such issues as the following: working conditions, working methods, and limits of the workers. This idea of a company going world-wide was relatively new. Each house in the town had a complete indoor bathroom, electric lighting, and natural gas out!lets for cooking and heating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**Works CitedCorporate History. This work week included five ten hour days, Monday through Friday, and a five hour day on Saturday. By this point in his life, Westinghouse had founded a few other companies. George Westinghouse - Inventive Mind.
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