General Information

Serial #

501773

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BASE, FIELD RING, BEARING TOWERS & BLOCKS - CAST IRON. BRASS BRUSH HOLDERS & POSTS WITH BRASS NUTS. CARBON BRUSHES. COPPER SPRINGS, WIRES, ARMATURE, BARS AND COMMUTATOR. MICA INSULATORS. STEEL SHAFT AND ARMATURE CORE. COPPER CONNECTING BUSS BARS & CABLES. BRASS BEARING INSPECTION COVERS, AND OILINSPECTION FITTING.

Dimensions

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

Length

130.0 cm

Width

70.0 cm

Height

98.0 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

General Electric

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Schenectady

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1908-1930

Canada

PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960'S. 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

USED TO CONVERT ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Technical

NIL

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE READS: 'DIRECT CURRENT GENERATOR/ NO. 501773/ TYPE ML 6-30-1050 FORM 1/ KW 30 AMP 240 SPEED 1050/ VOLTS NO LOAD 115 FULL LOAD 125/ PATENTED AUG. 14, 1900 NOV. 18, 1902/ OCT. 20, 1908/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ SCHENECTADY, N.Y. U.S.A./ N.P. 9844'/ TWO DYMO TAPE LABELS: ' MC.6.1' 'COMPOUND'/ DECAL: 'THE HYDRO/ HISTORICAL/ ELECTRICAL/ COLLECTION'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BASE, BEARING BLOCKS & FIELD RING - GLOSS BLACK ENAMEL/ FIELD WINDINGS TAPED AND PAINTED WITH BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL/ ARMATURE WINDINGS - GLOSS BLACK ENAMEL/ OTHER COMPONENTS NATURAL

Decoration

NIL