INVENTOR George Westinghouse SIGNED (2x) Contract 1897 / RR AIR BRAKE in CANADA

Description

- INVENTOR George Westinghouse Jr. SIGNED Contract (TWICE) -
- Between “THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE” of Pennsylvania -
- And “Westinghouse Manufacturing Company Limited” of Ontario -
- Right to Manufacture Air Brake & Signaling Apparatus in Canada -
Historic
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE Jr. SIGNED Document
(signed TWICE)
– a
CONTRACT between “The Westinghouse Air Brake”
of Pennsylvania
(party of the first part)
,
George Westinghouse
of the City of Pittsburg
(party of the second part)
, and
“The Westinghouse Manufacturing Company Limited” of Ontario, Canada
(party of the third part)
.
WESTINGHOUSE invented the FIRST air-brake system for railcar use on railroads (RR)
and was granted a patent in 1869.
Contract is
signed
TWICE
by George Westinghouse and
dated
March 16th
1897
– whereby the
“The Westinghouse Manufacturing Company Limited”
is granted the exclusive
“right and license to manufacture with the Dominion of Canada brake and train signaling apparatus covered by the patents of the parties of the first and second part hereto, and equip with the same locomotives and cars within said Dominion, and in the equipment of cars with said brakes and apparatus to license the purchasers thereof to use the same in the United States while the cars so equipped may be temporarily therein”
.
PLEASE SEE
SCANS
FOR THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE CONTRACT
.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE JR. (1846 – 1914)
was an American businessman and engineer who
invented the FIRST railway AIR BRAKE.  The holder of over 400 different patents, he was awarded his first patent at the age of 19.  Westinghouse was also an early pioneer in the electrical industry
and his promotion of an Electric Power Distribution System based on “alternating current” ultimately prevailed over his rival Thomas Edison’s insistence on “alternating current”.  In 1911 Westinghouse received the “American Institute of Electrical Engineers” (AIEE) Edison Medal "For meritorious achievement in connection with the development of the alternating current system”.
CONDITION:
contract measure about 8 ½ x 13 ¼ inches in size and is in EXCELLENT overall condition.   There are three horizontal folds, which are typical & expected of a folded contract, and some normal handling wear only.  There are NO rips or tears to the three individual contract pages, but there are a couple tiny 1/8 inch long fold splits along the edges of the contract cover (see scans).
The TWO signatures / autographs of GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE are guaranteed authentic
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