Union Switch & Signal | Digital Pitt

February 1996

Order Reproduction
Title
Union Switch & Signal
Creator
Levinson, Joel B.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
February 1996
Identifier
201501.01.004.8
Source Identifier
201501.01.004.8
Description
A view of the Union Switch & Signal (US&S) Headquarters Building on the shore of the Monongahela river. George Westinghouse founded Union Switch & Signal in 1881. He relocated the company from downtown Pittsburgh to Swissvale in 1887. Like Westinghouse Airbrake Company in nearby Wilmerding, US&S specialized in railroad safety; specifically closed track circuits and interlocking switch and signal controls. The Swissvale plant, however, closed in 1986 and was razed. In December of 1996 US&S was merged with Ansaldo Signaling and Transportation Systems (Ansaldo STS), and in 2009 US&S was renamed to Ansaldo STS USA.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
slides (photographs)
Subject
Buildings
Street lighting
Snow
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Joel B. Levinson Photographs, 1950-2006
Collection
Joel B. Levinson Photographs
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/