Westinghouse Electric Corporation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:acquiredBy CBS in 1995
gptkbp:category companies based in Pittsburgh
defunct companies of the United States
manufacturing companies established in 1886
gptkbp:defunct 1999
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:George_Westinghouse
gptkbp:foundedYear 1886
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Westinghouse Electric Corporation
gptkbp:industry electrical engineering
manufacturing
nuclear power
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Nikola_Tesla
gptkbp:notableEvent competed with Edison in the War of Currents
developed AC power systems
gptkbp:notableProduct electric power systems
elevators
household appliances
locomotives
nuclear reactors
turbines
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Westinghouse_Electric_(current,_nuclear_business)
gptkbp:sells industrial businesses in the 1990s
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:WX_(historical)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:CBS_Corporation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:E._U._Condon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3