General Information

Serial #

5306

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON FRAME, FIELD CORES AND PULLEY. BRONZE BEARING BLOCKS, OILERS AND BEARINGS. STEEL SHAFT AND LAMINATED STEEL ARMATURE CORE. INSULATED COPPER WIRE FIELD AND ARMATURE WINDINGS. FIELD, LINEN TAPE WRAPPED AND VARNISHED. ARMATURE VARNISHED. KNIFE SWITCH AND MFG. PLATE MOUNTED ON A LARGE INSULATED PLATE. COPPER COMMUTATOR WITH MICA INSULATION. CARBON BRUSHES. BRONZE BRUSH HOLDERS

Dimensions

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

Length

86.0 cm

Width

70.0 cm

Height

58.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Generation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ROYAL ELECTRIC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS GENERATOR USED C.1897-1965

Canada

USED IN THE CAVENDISH MILL OFTHE PETERBOROUGH LUMBER CO. THE GENERATOR WAS BELT DRIVEN BY A SINGLE CYLINDER ROBB ARMSTRONG STEAM ENGINE (OH0960), WHICH WAS BUILT IN AMHERST, NS CAN. THE ROYAL ELECTRIC CO. WAS FOUNDED IN 1884 IN MONTREAL: BY 1890 THEY OPERATED POWER PLANTS IN OTTAWA, QUEBEC, HAMILTON, LONDON, HALIFAX, CHARLETTETOWN, ST. CATHERINES, AND OTHERS. ONE OF THE LARGEST ELECTRICAL MFG. COMPANIES IN CANADA DURING THE LATE 1880S-1890S, ROYAL ELECTRIC'S LARGE MONTREAL MFG. PLANT WAS PURCHASED IN 1900 BY CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC. ROYAL CONTINUED TO SUPPLY LIGHT & POWER IN MONTREAL, BUT CEASED TO MFG. POWER EQ.

Function

TO CONVERT ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Technical

A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE EDISON COLUMN TYPE MAGNET FRAME AND THE MODERN ROUND FRAME

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO KNIFE SWITCH PLATE READS 'ROYAL ELECTRIC CO./ MONTREAL/ RATING 10KW VOLTS 125/ SPEED 950 AMPS 80'/ SN '5306' STAMPED INTO FRAME, ABOVE COMMUTATOR/ PART NO. '2954' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON FLYWHEEL/ '+' & '-' CRUDELY INCISED ON KNIFE SWITCH PLATE TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE TERMINALS

Missing

ONE SHORT BRUSH, ONE ADAPTOR/CONNECTOR, LOOSE SCREW ON KNIFE SWITCH BLADE HINGE

Finish

FRAME/ BASE, VERY DARK OLIVE GREEN. PULLEY, RED. NATURAL BELT, SURFACE

Decoration

N/A