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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/BIPOLAR/SHUNT
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1834.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Thomson Houston Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON BASE, ARMATURE SUPPORT ASSEMBLIES, FIELD CORES & POLE PIECES. LAMINATED STEEL ARMATURE CORE. COPPER COMMUTATOR INSULATED WITH MICA; STEEL SHAFT; BRONZE BEARINGS. INSULATED COPPER FIELD & ARMATURE WINDINGS. DISTRIBUTION & SWITCH BLOCK OF WOOD. COPPER SWITCH & CONNECTORS. BRONZE BRUSH HOLDERS. CARBON BRUSHES, BRUSH SPIDER IS CAST IRON, WITH BRONZE BRUSH HOLDER MOUNTING HARDWARE. BRONZE & GLASS OILERS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 65.0 cm
- Width
- 42.0 cm
- Height
- 53.0 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
- Thomson Houston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Lynn
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF GENERATOR USED C.1900-1920.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
TO CONVERT ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY. - Technical
-
NOTE ON OH TAG ORIGINALLY FIXED TO GENERATOR INDICATES THIS UNIT WAS A DYNAMO EXCITER. IF SO, IT SUPPLIED FIELD CURRENT FOR A MUCH LARGER GENERATOR. HOWEVER, IT COULD BE USED AS A 1 KW GENERATOR FOR ANY DIRECT CURRENTREQUIREMENT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FOLLOWING INFO. STAMPED INTO WOODEN PLATE OVER MAGNETS: 'MANUFACTURED/ BY/ T.H. ELEC. CO./ LYNN, MASS. U.S.A.'. DYMO-TAPE LABELS APPLIED TO PLATE READ 'SHUNT' & 'MC.2.5.'. 'D 1-1/2' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON BASE & ENDPIECES. PLATE APPLIED TO BASE READS 'DONATED/ BY/ THE KERITE CO.'. DECAL APPLIED TO CASING READS: 'THE HYDRO/ HISTORICAL/ ELECTRICAL/ COLLECTION'
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL BASE, ARMATURE SUPPORTS, POLE PIECES & BRUSH SPIDER. FIELD COILS & ARMATURE WINDINGS DARK RED OVER FIBRE COVER. WOODEN SPIDER HANDLE VARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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