#1Science & Medicine
George Westinghouse
1846–1914American inventor and businessman
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Famous people · Central Bridge
George Westinghouse, born in 1846, is Central Bridge’s famous person on record
George Westinghouse, the American inventor and businessman, was born in 1846. Their birth falls in the early republic. Readers can find them written up in 57 languages. 1,265 towns in New York have at least one famous person on record.
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George Westinghouse
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George Westinghouse
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Central Bridge and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
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- George Westinghouse: Joseph G. Gessford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons