Westinghouse Works, 1904

Westinghouse Works, 1904 is a collection of 21 American short silent films, each averaging about three minutes in length. The films were taken from April 18, 1904 to May 16, 1904 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and document various Westinghouse manufacturing plants.^[1] They were made by G. W. Bitzer of the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, were shown at the Westinghouse Auditorium at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, and may have been made for that purpose. At least 29 films were shot. The films are now part of the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

The films in the collection of the Library of Congress are:

1. Assembling a generator, Westinghouse works
2. Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse works
3. Casting a guide box, Westinghouse works
4. Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works
5. Coil winding section E, Westinghouse works
6. Girls taking time checks, Westinghouse works
7. Girls winding armatures
8. Panorama exterior Westinghouse works
9. Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse works
10. Panorama view street car motor room
11. Panoramic view aisle B, Westinghouse works
12. Steam hammer, Westinghouse works
13. Steam whistle, Westinghouse works
14. Taping coils, Westinghouse works
15. Tapping a furnace, Westinghouse works
16. Testing a rotary, Westinghouse works
17. Testing large turbines, Westinghouse works
18. Welding the big ring
19. Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene)
20. Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (moulding scene)
21. Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse works

References

1. Tiech, John (2012). Pittsburgh Film History. Charleston: The History Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781609497095.

External links

• Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904
• Assembling a generator, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Assembling and testing turbines, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Casting a guide box, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Coil winding section E, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Girls taking time checks, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Girls winding armatures at the Internet Movie Database
• Panorama exterior Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Panorama of Machine Co. aisle, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Panorama view street car motor room at the Internet Movie Database
• Panoramic view aisle B, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Steam hammer, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Steam whistle, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Taping coils, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Tapping a furnace, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Testing a rotary, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Testing large turbines, Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database
• Welding the big ring at the Internet Movie Database
• Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene) at the Internet Movie Database
• Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (moulding scene) at the Internet Movie Database
• Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse works at the Internet Movie Database