George Westinghouse Jr.

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1869

Every event in Historedia whose sources name George Westinghouse Jr., with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. George Westinghouse patents the automatic railway air brake

   1869

   Role: Inventor of the railway air brake

   1. 11869 · United StatesPatent Receipt

      George Westinghouse received a United States patent for his failsafe railway air brake in 1869, an invention on which modern train braking is based.

Sources

1. George Westinghouse Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-05