Motor

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OBJECT TYPE: AC/INDUCTION/2 HP
DATE: 1911–1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2163.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
MODEL: HS
LOCATION: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 75531
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON, STEEL, COPPER, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. WOODEN FLYWHEEL.

Dimensions

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

Length: 38.0 cm
Width: 38.0 cm
Height: 37.0 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: Westinghouse
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Hamilton

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS TYPE OF MOTOR PRESUMABLY USED C. 1911-1920, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
Canada: THIS TYPE OF MOTOR WAS MADE AND USED IN CANADA. (REF. 1) CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE CO. FOUNDED IN 1904 AFTER EXISTING AS A BRANCH PLANT OF THE US FIRM SINCE 1896. BEFORE THAT TIME THE COMPANY HAD AGENTS IN CANADA, INCLUDING AHEARN & SOPER (LTD.), IN OTTAWA, ON. (REF.1)
Function: TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY.
Technical: INDUCTION MOTOR FIRST DEVELOPED BY TESLA IN 1888, BUT ITS REAL DEVELOPMENT TOOK PLACEIN THE 1890S WHEN 60 CYCLES BECAME THE STANDARD FREQUENCY. TYPE 'HS' MOTOR APPEARED IN 1911. (REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's plate on top of motor reads "CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE/ COMPANY LIMITED/ HAMILTON CANADA/ [logo]/ Type HS Constant Speed Induction Motor/ 2 H.P. 550 Volts 2.9 Amps per terminal/ 3 Phase 60 Cycles 1700 RPM at full load/ Serial No. 75531/ PATENTED 1901, 1902, 1905, 1911". "[illegible] 2178" [?] stencilled in yellow on casing; "[illegible] 18 [illegible]" stencilled in red on opposite side.
Missing: UNKNOWN. FINISH HEAVILY SOILED: SOME AREAS OF SURFACE LOSS.
Finish: FINISH NOT READILY APPARENT, DUE TO HEAVY DEPOSITS OF GREASE, ETC. ON MOTOR.
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Motor, between 1911–1920, Artifact no. 1992.2163, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2163.001/

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