Assembling a Generator, Westinghouse Works

SUMMARY
A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces. A crane carries a large piece of the generator over to the rest of the machine, and the men guide it down to assemble it. The crane brings two other pieces to the machine and lays them down where they belong.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 10May1904; H45598.

Original main title lacking.

Filmed May 2, 1904, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.

Received: 5/19/04; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Electric generators--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Electric industry workers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Manufactures--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Manufacturing processes--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh.
Silent films.
Actuality--Short.
Industrial--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

DIGITAL ID
westhpp 1947 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/westhpp.1947

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Library
• Congress
• Edison
• Pittsburgh
• Westinghouse
• Manufacturing
• Industry
• Silent
• Short
• Generators
• Electricity