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OBJECT TYPE: AC/3 PH/ 1/40 BHP/50 CYC
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1706.001

MANUFACTURER: WAGNER ELECTRIC MFG. CO. LTD.
MODEL: C 0S469A
LOCATION: Leaside, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 1094C
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST ALUMINUM CASE. COPPER MAGNET WIRE; IRON FORMS & WINDING CORE; STEEL SHAFT; MOLDED PLASTIC CONNECTOR

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 16.0 cm
Width: 10.0 cm
Height: 11.8 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: SANGAMO
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Leaside

Context

Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF MOTOR USED C. 1940S-1950
Canada: MANUFACTURED IN CANADA, POSSIBLY FOR BRITISH MARKET. CANADIAN ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION WAS 25 CYCLES PRIOR TO EARLY 1940S IN SOUTHERN ONT. AND 60 CYCLES IN OTHER AREAS. AFTER EARLY 1940S ALL OF CANADA BASED ON 60 CYCLE STANDARD. VOLTAGE & FREQUENCY OF THIS MOTOR NOT STANDARD FOR CANADA BUT COMPATABLE WITH BRITISH SYSTEM.
Function: TO CONVERT 50 VOLTS, 50 HERTZ, ELECTRIC POWER TO ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY
Technical: THIS TYPE OF MOTOR PROBABLY USED TO POWER MECHANICAL ADDING MACHINE OR SIMILAR APPARATUS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO MOTOR CASING READS: 'MOTOR 1/40 B.H.P. MK.1/ 50 V. 50 ~ 3 PH/ 2500/ 2750 R.P.M./ OS469A REGD NO 1094C [UP ARROW]/ N.E./ C. 43/ Wagner Electric/ Manufacturing Company Limited/ LEASIDE C.E.S.A. APP. NO. 155 CANADA'
Missing: 2SCREWS FROM BACK PLATE
Finish: LIGHT BROWN ENAMEL FINISH ON CASE
Decoration: N/A

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WAGNER ELECTRIC MFG. CO. LTD., Motor, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1992.1706, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1706.001/

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