Showing posts with label Westinghouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Westinghouse. Show all posts

Sunday, April 21, 2013

something different - a luau!

The Filipino engineers that John works with (and eats lunch with) invited us to the Luau in Pittsburgh.  One of the engineers was in the band - the first Filipino band in Pittsburgh.  Held at the school hall up on the Mount Washington ...

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Sanmen Project

From John:  This one of the projects that I am working on in China , the Sanmen project.  Looks like China, doesn't it?

Monday, December 20, 2010

1957 Westinghouse Ad

A number of people have contacted me about the ad for Westinghouse engineers in the May 1957 issue of Combustion Magazine - "All this and a husband who's a Westinghouse Engineer!"  The original that I have is a copy of a copy of a copy ...  It is not a good reproduction, but if you want it, I have it in PDF form HERE.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

All This - and a husband who's a Westinghouse Engineer

UPDATE:  All I have is a copy of a copy of the original ad - not a good reproduction.  A PDF of this ad can be found by clicking HERE.

One of John's co-workers gave me a xerox copy of an ad from the May 1957 issue of Combustion Magazine.  I'm looking for a scanner so I can post it here.  A happy housewife with the skyline of Pittsburgh.  Here is an excerpt ...

HAPPY?  What wife wouldn't be, knowing her husband will enjoy all the advantages of a creative career in Atomic Power with Westinghouse while her family derives all the advantages of living in NEW Pittsburgh.  There's good reason why this vast metropolis is called "The Renaissance City of America".  You need only see the lovely new homes, modern schools, smart shops, and inspiring cultural centers that blanket this city, and you know there is no finer locale for your career as a home-maker, and your husband's career as a Westinghouse engineer ...

Send your resume to ... Westhinghouse Electric Corp.  ... First in Atomic Power

Gee.  They didn't even call it "nuclear" power back then.