Westinghouse Memorial
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| Coordinates | 40°26′22″N 79°56′34″W / 40.43946°N 79.94271°WCoordinates: 40°26′22″N 79°56′34″W / 40.43946°N 79.94271°W |
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| Location | Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Material | Bronze, Norwegian granite |
| Opening date | 6 October 1930 |
| Dedicated to | George Westinghouse |
The Westinghouse Memorial is a bronze monument located in the U.S. city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It commemorates George Westinghouse, an engineer and inventor of the railway air brake. The memorial is located at the entrance to the Steven Faloon trail, a part of Schenley Park. The architects for the monument and the surrounding area were Henry Hornbostel and Eric Fisherwood. Daniel Chester French was the sculptor for the statue and the main panel, and Paul Fjelde designed the side panels.
The memorial consists of a statue of a schoolboy, who represents "The Spirit of the American Youth". He looks on at three panels that represent the life of George Westinghouse and is presumed to draw inspiration from them. The memorial is made of bronze and granite. It is one of many mementos to George Westinghouse in the area. Some additional honors include Westinghouse Park, George Westinghouse Memorial Bridge, and the George Westinghouse, Jr., Birthplace and Boyhood Home.
The current location of the memorial is near the back of Carnegie Mellon University in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Schenley Drive, a road that run through the park, is also nearby.
The memorial was financed from $200,000 in donations made by approximately 55,000 workers of Westinghouse companies in electricity. It was dedicated on 6 October 1930. There opening ceremony was attended by over 10,000 people, including U.S. Representative James F. Burke and Pittsburgh mayor Charles H. Kline, and a celebratory dinner was held the night before at the William Penn Hotel. The memorial was on the original site of the Pittsburgh Zoo, which has since been relocated to an area near Highland Park. The bronze memorial was originally covered in gold leaf, which was removed in 1941 due to vandalism.
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