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Westinghouse Electric Co.


United States, Business Org    (1886 to present)
• Major industrial company. Pioneer of electricity generation and transmission. (See: History of Westinghouse)
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Life ofWestElecCo
 
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Tesla, Nikola   (Employee of, 1888 to 1943) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Westinghouse buys Tesla's patents to AC motor and transformer. Company begins AC-based power distribution.
Westinghouse, George   (Founder of, 1886 to 1914) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)   (Division of, 1995 to 1999) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1995 : Westinghouse acquires CBS