Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/BIPOLAR/SHUNT/MULTI-SPEED
- DATE
- 1883
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1761.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- WRIGHT
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON HORSE-SHOE STYLE FIELD CORE. INSULATED COPPER FIELD WINDINGS. STEEL ARMATURE SHAFT. LAMINATED STEEL ARMATURE CORE. INSULATED COPPER ARMATURE WINDINGS. WOODEN BRUSH MOUNTING ASSEMBLY. BRONZE FRONT BEARING BEAM & BRUSH ASSEMBLY SUPPORT; COPPER BRUSHES. WOODEN BASE. BRASS STEP SWITCH
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 63.5 cm
- Width
- 50.0 cm
- Height
- 48.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Conversion
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS MOTOR USED IN 1883, AND POSSIBLY LATER
- Canada
-
THIS MOTOR IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST ELECTRIC MOTOR USED IN CANADA. IT WAS INSTALLED IN A COFFEE & TEA SHOP ON YONGE ST., TORONTO IN 1883 BY JOHN JOSEPH WRIGHT, WHERE IT WAS USED TO POWER A COFFEE GRINDER, DEMONSTRATING THE LABOUR SAVING ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRIC POWER (REF.1 & 2) - Function
-
TO CONVERT DIRECT CURRENT TO ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY. - Technical
-
IDENTIFIED BY ONTARIO HYDRO AS PROBABLY THE FIRST ELECTRIC MOTOR USED IN CANADA. IT WAS LIKELYOPERATED WITH A 48-VOLT LEAD ACID WET CELL ASSEMBLY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE ON MOTOR. SIGN 'CANADA'S FIRST ELECTRIC MOTOR' SCREWED TO BASE
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- WOODEN BASE HAS BEEN VARNISHED. FIELD CORE PAINTED BLACK & FIELD VARNISHED & PAINTED BLACK. BRUSH MOUNTING VARNISHED. ARMATURE HAS DARK VARNISHED FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Motor, circa 1883, Artifact no. 1992.1761, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1761.001/
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