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Invented Here: Pittsburgh Innovations from Steamboats to Aluminum

Invented Here: Pittsburgh Innovations from Steamboats to Aluminum

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Speaker: Chuck Lanigan, writer, instructor and historian

From Fulton’s steamboat and Carnegie steel to the first Nickelodeon, Salk’s vaccine and artificial intelligence, Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania have been on the cutting edge of innovations and new technology from its beginning. Notable inventors with Pittsburgh connections include George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla and Samuel Langley. We will explore the impact of the many wonderful innovations that originated at the three rivers and the unique personalities who developed and perfected them.