General Information

Serial #

1501342

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 (?) COVERED WIRES AND WINDINGS. MOTOR MOUNTED ON WOODEN BLOCKS.

Dimensions

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

Length

67.0 cm

Width

60.0 cm

Height

68.0 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

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

Pittsburgh

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF MOTOR USED IN EARLY 20TH C. (REF. 1)

Canada

THIS TYPE OF MOTORWAS PROBABLY MADE & USED IN CANADA. (REF. 2)

Function

TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY.

Technical

INDUCTION MOTOR FIRST DEVELOPED BY NICOLA TESLA IN 1888, BUT BECAUSE NO ELECTRIC POLYPHASE SYSTEMS EXISTED ITS REAL DEVELOPEMNT TOOK PLACE ONLY AFTER 1893 WHEN 60 CYCLES BECAME THE STANDARD FREQUENCY. TYPE CCL DEV'D IN 1905. (REF. 2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Plate fixed to motor reads "WESTINGHOUSE/ ELECTRIC & MFG. CO./ PITTSBURG, P.A., U.S.A./ Type CCL/ Induction Motor/ Constant Speed/.5 H.P. 220 Volts/ 12.8 Amps per terminal/ 2 Phase 60 Cycles/ 670 R.P.M. at full load/ Style No. [blank]/ Serial No. 1501342/ PATENTED MAY 4 '97/ MAY 11 '97 SEPT. 14 '97 MAR. 1 '98/ JUNE 21 '98 AUG. 31 '98 SEPT. 26 '99 MAR. 6 '00/ OCT. 30 '00 AUG. 20 '01 DEC. 10 '01 JAN. 28, '02/ SEPT. 29 '03 MAR. 1 '04 JULY 19 '04/ JAN. 21 '08 SEPT. 14, '09 FEB 14 '11/ FEB. 26 '11 495 (4-6-11)". "W.E. & M. CO./ NO. N2123" recorded on separate plate. Oval plate reads "Westinghouse/ HISTORICAL/ COLLECTION/ NO. 436". * cont'd

Missing

UNKNOWN.

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL FINISH IS HEAVILY SOILED.

Decoration

N/A