Engineer and businessman (1846-1914) best known for the invention of the air brake and for his energetic promotion of AC power distribution. TLS signed “Geo. Westinghouse,” one page, 8 x 10.25, personal letterhead, September 18, 1913. Letter to Captain G. E. Burd of the New York Navy Yard's Machinery Division, in part: "I am exceedingly pleased to know that every opportunity was given you for visiting the Works and inspecting the work in progress…I understand from Mr. Herr that he is working up a plan of machinery which could be placed in the North Dakota, if it should be decided in the near future to supplant the present Curtis turbines with new machinery. The Neptune machinery now under construction is giving us a very splendid opportunity to perfect our plans for marine machinery, not only main engines and gears but also auxiliaries." In fine condition, with faint toning and small stains.
Westinghouse steam turbines were widely used for propulsion of both merchant and naval vessels. The USS Neptune was a landmark naval vessel that was the first to be outfitted with Westinghouse's marine reduction-geared turbine drive, soon adopted for all new ships of the United States Navy. In 1917, the Neptune delivered the first American forces to land in Europe for service against the enemy in World War I.
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