Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/BIPOLAR/SERIES/25 HP/SINGLE FIELD COIL
- DATE
- 1892
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1886.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 1000
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 13800
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON CASE & POLES. STEEL SHAFT SUPPORTS, LAMINATED STEEL ARMATURE CORE. BRONZE BEARINGS IN CAST IRON BEARING BLOCKS. FIELD & ARMATURE, INSULATED COPPER. COMMUTATOR COPPER WITH MICA. CARBON BRUSHES MOUNTED IN BRONZE HOLDERS WITH STEEL SPRINGS. MISC. INSULATED COPPER WIRING & STEEL BOLTS AND PINS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 110.0 cm
- Width
- 85.0 cm
- Height
- 80.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Public transportation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1892-1915
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTDION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 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
-
USED TO CONVERT DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY. THIS MOTOR WAS USED TO POWER A STREETCAR. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO POWER A STREET CAR. ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST MANUFACTURED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'WP RAILWAY MOTOR/ NO. 13800/ CLASS 50 FORM "D" VOLTS 500/ PATENTED JAN 30, OCT 5, 80 AUG 2/ 81 JAN 9 83 AUG 24 86 OCT 9 88/ FEB 11 90 FEB 25 90 MAR 4 90/ AUG 6 90 MAR 3 91 JUL 28 91' AUG 4 91 NOV 10 91/ PATENTS APPLIED FOR/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.'/ ONTARIO HYDRO HISTORICAL COLLECTION DECAL/ DYMO TAPE LABELS: 'MF.1.2 AND SERIES'
- Missing
- DRIVE GEAR
- Finish
- CASE, GRAY PINT. COMMUTATOR HAS BEEN VARNISHED. ARMATURE, BLACK PAINT. FIELD COIL, GRAY PAINT
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Motor, circa 1892, Artifact no. 1992.1886, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1886.001/
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