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Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pa. – Antique Print

Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pa., c1905. — historic photograph
Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pa., c1905.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pa. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Plant of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pa.

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Wilmerding, a company town a few miles east of Pittsburgh, grew up around the Westinghouse Air Brake Company's works, so this view of the plant records the place that gave the town its identity. George Westinghouse had patented the automatic air brake in 1869, and by the early 1900s his brakes were standard on American railroad cars, which made the Wilmerding factory central to the rail industry. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its color and black-and-white views of American places, produced the picture around 1905. The 8 x 10 inch glass negative still has a chipped lower left corner, a small reminder of its handling over the decades.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegative chipped lower left corner. G 2972" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018672. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsTransportation industry.United States--Pennsylvania--Wilmerding.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62174

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