Motor

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OBJECT TYPE: DC/ENCLOSED/AUTOMOBILE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2251.001

MANUFACTURER: ELWELL-PARKER ELECTRIC CO.
MODEL: 1A/G
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 2010
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL, COPPER, BRASS, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. FABRICCOVERED WIRES. CARBON BRUSHES. MOUNTED ON WOOD BASE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 52.0 cm
Width: 50.0 cm
Height: 30.0 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: ELWELL PARKER
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Ohio
City: Cleveland

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY.
Technical: FIRST ELECTRIC VEHICLES PRODUCED IN 1890S IN USA, AND WERE PRODUCED AND USED TOGETHER WITH GASOLINE AND STEAM-POWERED MODELS UNTIL C. 1915. FROM 1935-1955 ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRODUCTION DECLINED ABRUPTLY: ONLY MFRS. LIKE ELWELL-PARKER WHICH ENTERED THE FORKLIFT TRUCK FIELD SURVIVED. IN CANADA, THE FIRST PRACTICAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE WAS BUILT IN TORONTO IN 1893. (REF. 2) About 19 motors were made by this company.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate on casing reads "ELWELL-PARKER ELECTRIC CO./ CLEVELAND, OHIO, U.S.A./ CLASS G- SIZE 1A/ - PATENTED -/ MOTOR NO. 2010 VOLTS 24". "51406" stencilled in off-white on casing, below. "194" stamped into collar surrounding shaft at closed end of casing.
Missing: UNKNOWN.
Finish: METAL COMPONENTS HAVE NATURAL FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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ELWELL-PARKER ELECTRIC CO., Motor, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2251, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2251.001/

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