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British Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company was a subsidiary of the Pittsburgh, US-based Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. British Westinghouse would become a subsidiary of Metropolitan-Vickers in 1919; and after Metropolitan-Vickers merged with British Thomson-Houston in 1929, it became part of Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) in 1959. Further consolidation saw AEI taken over by GEC in 1967.

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British Westinghouse

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Great British Nuclear

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British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co Ltd v Underground Electric Rlys Co of London Ltd

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British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co Ltd v Underground Electric Railways Co of London Ltd [1912] AC 673 is an English contract law case,...

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Railway air brake

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by George Westinghouse on April 13, 1869. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's invention...

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Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company

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The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd was a British manufacturer of railroad signs. Founded by George Westinghouse, it was registered as "Westinghouse...

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List of electrical engineers

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of Institution of Electrical Engineers first female engineer at British Westinghouse. Justus Entz Electric transmission, electric vehicles, worked with...

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Trafford Park

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largely used for leisure activities such as golf, polo and boating. British Westinghouse was the first major company to move in, and by 1903 it was employing...

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Westinghouse J30

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The Westinghouse J30, initially known as the Westinghouse 19XB, was a turbojet engine developed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. It was the first...

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Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division

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The Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division (AGT) was established by Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1945 to continue the development and production...

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Westinghouse Rail Systems

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Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd) was a British supplier of railway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry...

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Vickers

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was opened at Brooklands, Surrey on 20 January 1912. In 1919, the British Westinghouse electrical company was taken over as the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical...

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Arthur Whitten Brown

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Order of the British Empire. Later he worked for Metropolitan-Vickers (MetroVick), the company that had once been British Westinghouse. In 1923 he was...

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Wabtec

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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, commonly known as Wabtec, is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company...

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RMS Aquitania

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located on G deck below the waterline, consisted of four 400 kW British Westinghouse generator sets generating 225 volt direct current, with emergency...

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Tank steering systems

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fitted in one British Mark II heavy tank to compete against other transmission developments including a Mk II fitted with a British Westinghouse petrol-electric...

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Metropolitan Railway electric locomotives

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electric locomotives from British Westinghouse and made by Metropolitan Amalgamated. The first ten were built with Westinghouse electrical control equipment...

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Trench railway

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(40 hp) petrol-electric tractors were produced by British Westinghouse and Dick, Kerr & Co. Former British trench railway equipment was put to civilian use...

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