Westinghouse Works, 1904
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Westinghouse Works, 1904 is a collection of 21 short films, averaging about three minutes each, taken of various Westinghouse manufacturing plants from April 13, 1904 to May 16, 1904. They were taken by G.W. Bitzer of the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. They 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 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
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External link
- Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/west/westhome.html)