Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1889/08/01 The Missouri Electric works begin operations utilizing the latest Westinghouse generating equipment. With over 20 power line feeds, the company can transmit power for up to five miles. Manufacturer Missouri Electric Light and Power Co City of St Louis
1893/00/00 George Westinghouse wins the contract to power the World's Fair, beating out General Electric's bid by one million dollars. They will illuminate the White City with a quarter million lights and demonstrate alternating current generation and distribution. Electrical Engineer Jackson Urban Park, Chicago Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
1907/00/00 Cos Cob Power Station is built, 1905-1907, to supply electricity for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's electrified mainline between New York and New Haven. The first mainline electric railroad in America to use alternating current (AC). Electrical Engineer Cos Cob Power Station Greenwich Invention of Electric Railway
1939/10/00 The Middleton Family tour the Westinghouse Building where they explore a Time Capsule, a television display, the Playground of Science, the Junior Science Hall, the Hall of Power, the Hall of Electrical Living. Producer The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (film) 1939 New York World's Fair Grounds New York City 1939 New York World's Fair
1939/10/00 The Middleton Family tour the Westinghouse Building where they explore a Time Capsule, a television display, the Playground of Science, the Junior Science Hall, the Hall of Power, the Hall of Electrical Living. Producer The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (film) 1939 New York World's Fair Grounds New York City History of the Television
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