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Westinghouse Memorial

May 1997

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Westinghouse Memorial
  • Title
  • Westinghouse Memorial
  • Creator
  • Kobus, Ken
  • Date
  • May 1997
  • Identifier
  • 200618.2.2.174
  • Description
  • Westinghouse Memorial, but with the lower caption more visible that states, "First trial equipment of the Westinghouse air-brake, 1869." This shot also shows how a steam locomotive's cars were equipped with the brake, for the larger loads these locomotives had to pull needed more stopping power than the locomotive itself could provide.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    slides (photographs)
  • Subject
  • Westinghouse Memorial (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Westinghouse air-brake
    Memorials
    Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Schenley Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Ken Kobus Photograph Collection, 1980-1990
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Ken Kobus Collection
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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