<em><u>George Westinghouse was an inventor who is significant in promoting the use of electricity for power and transportation. He created the first large system to supply electricity for multiple uses.</u></em>
<em><u>He formed the Westinghouse electric and manufacturing company in 1884. He created delivery system for electricity that was deemed safer than that of Thomas Edison. </u></em>
He also developed a transformer that could bring alternating current electricity down form high voltage to low and hence making it possible to transmit it for long distances while making it ready for use.