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05/03/1872 Westinghouse air brake

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Westinghouse Air Brake, And It's Impacts

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Westinghouse - Chapter 5 - The Need For Brakes

The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Earlier in the year he had invented the railway air brake in New York state.