Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC/INDUCTION/1/4 HP
- DATE
- 1895
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2128.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 99531
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON, STEEL, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION; COATED FABRIC AND/OR RUBBER COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, ETC.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.0 cm
- Width
- 27.5 cm
- Height
- 32.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Conversion
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF MOTOR PRESUMABLY USED C. 1895+
- Canada
-
THIS TYPE OF MOTOR MFD IN CANADA BY CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD., OPERATING OFFICES IN TORONTO & PETERBOROUGH, ONT. AND IN MONTREAL, PQ. - Function
-
TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate reads "INDUCTION MOTOR/ NO. 99531 ENG. NOTICE [blank]/ TYPE IS CLASS 4 1/4 1800/ FORM KA CYCLES 60/ H.P. 1/4 VOLTS 110 AMPS. 4.2/ SYN. SPEED 1900/ PATENTED/ 1889-1892-93-94-95./CANADIAN/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ LIMITED/ TORONTO-MONTREAL/ PETERBORO."
- Missing
- UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON MOST EXTERIOR SURFACES OF MOTOR HOUSING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Motor, after 1895, Artifact no. 1992.2128, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2128.001/
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