Kit, Model
Object number2018.71.1
Manufacturer
Revell, Inc.
Datec. 1959
OriginVenice, CA
MediumPaper; Ink; Plastic; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of John Mitcheltree
DescriptionWestinghouse atomic power plant model kit.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 10.25 × 18.5 × 3.75 in. (26 × 47 × 9.5 cm)Inscriptions
MarksTop of lid has text along top "EASY TO ASSEMBLE PLASTIC KIT / WESTINGHOUSE ATOMIC POWER PLANT / CHANGES NUCLEAR ENERGY INTO ELECTRIC POWER".
Sign in model kit scene has rext "WESTINGHOUSE / ATOMIC ELECTRIC / POWER PLANT".
Top of lid has text along bottom "Revell / Authentic Kit / PART OF DOME REMOVABLE TO REVEAL INTERIOR DETAIL REACTOR HOIST SLIDES, ROTATES SERVICE TRUCK 10 SCALE FIGURES OPERATING GANTRY HOIST AND CRANES COLORFUL PRINTED LANDSCAPE MOLDED IN 5 COLORS / FREE / BOOKLET / IN THIS KIT / The educational / "New World of / Atomic Power" by / Dr. W. E. Shoupp / Technical Director / Atomic Power Dept. / Westinghouse / Electric Corp."
Front side of lid has text "Look ...at this terrific interior detail!..." as well as additional product feature descriptions.
Front side of lid has text on the left side'USE / Revell PAINT SET / AND TYPE "S" CEMENT / Copyright 1959 by / REVELL, INC., VENICE, CALIF."
Left and right sides of lid have text at left "WESTINGHOUSE ATOMIC POWER / PLANT / Revell / Authentic Kit" and at bottom right "H-1550:695".
Back side of lid has text at left "Revell / Authentic Kit" and along bottom "WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF HOBBY MODELS" as well as descriptions of three other models.
Historical NotesThis Westinghouse Atomic Power Plant model kit was collected by the donor John Mitcheltree, who worked for Westinghouse from 1965-2013. John Mitcheltree went to Youngstown for finance and started at Westinghouse in 1965, as a coil winder in the Sharon plant (old Savage arms plant). The plant would wind coil on large lathe machines that had originally been used at the East Pittsburgh plant and were transferred in 1915, and still used in 1965. Mitcheltree became a foreman at Sharon and ran the GEORG core line. When Westinghouse started to downsize around 1980 he stayed on because he had a degree, but his position changed to a buyer (he bought the parts and pieces for transformers). In 1984, he moved to the nuclear plants in Forest Hills, Monroeville, and Cheswick. Then around 2000 he moved over to the New Stanton plant and retired from there in 2013 as a production planner, which he states was essentially running the machine shop.Label TextIn the early 1950s, President Eisenhower proposed an "Atoms-for-Peace" program that resulted in government and industry cooperating to build nuclear power plants. The Duquesne Light Company, facing resistance to anothe coal-fired plant, joined with the Atomic Energy Commission and Westinghouse to develop the nation's first full-scale atomic power station dedicated to the production of electricity for civilian use. The site chosen was Shippingport, about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Model's such as this made the new technology more accessible and easier to understand.
Related institution
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Related person
Dr. W. E. Shoupp
Previous owner
John Mitcheltree
On View
Not on view
1941-1953
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