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