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Westinghouse Works Area Viewed from Train

Westinghouse Works Area Viewed from Train
Clip: 493164_1_1
Year Shot: 1904 (Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1150
Original Film: Biograph 2897
HD: N/A
Location: East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Timecode: 01:50:05 - 01:55:45

Tracking shots from train going past the huge Westinghouse Works property & surrounding areas in & near East Pittsburgh, PA, in wintertime The first part of the film shows the Turtle Creek train station followed by buildings, homes, a small church, train yards, and industrial buildings, possibly the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. It passes by another station which appears to be Pitcairn. The second part of the film shows the Westinghouse Machine Co. buildings followed by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. buildings. Shot as train approaches small station (Pitcairn?), not stopping. View from train going round curve past a small church and some scattered houses, train sidings, rows of telegraph poles. We drive slowly past long industrial building, and finally the sign "The Westinghouse Machine Co. " (Sign also lists some of products - -"Steam Engines, Gas Engines, Steam Turbines, Roney Stokers." Train continues passing long 2-story industrial buildings, then we come to another sign, The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.