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OBJECT TYPE: DC/BIPOLAR
DATE: 1892
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2286.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: O
LOCATION: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 292
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON, STEEL, BRASS, COPPER, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. COATED FABRIC COVERED WIRES. SOME MINOR WOODEN FITTINGS. CARBON BRUSHES.

Dimensions

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

Length: 54.0 cm
Width: 26.0 cm
Height: 42.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Generation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Peterborough

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF GENERATOR USED C. 1890S +
Canada: THIS TYPE OF SMALL GENERATOR MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD., AT THE PETERBORO WORKS, PETERBOROUGH ONT. THE PETERBOROUGH PLANT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1890 WHEN THE SHERBROOKE PQ PLANT BECAME TOO SMALL. (REF. 1)
Function: TO CONVERT MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
Technical: AFTER THE INITIAL DISCOVERIES MADE BY HUMPHREY DAVY, MICHAEL FARADAY, & HIPPOLYTE PIXII IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE 19TH C., THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERATORS WAS SLOW. GRAMME PRODUCED AND COMMERCALIZED IN 1872, THE FIRSTPRACTICAL GENERATOR IN WHICH NUMEROUS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WERE SOLVED. FOR HIS NEW INCANDESCENT LIGHT SYSTEM, EDISON WITH FRANCIS UPTON DEVELOPED A HIGHLY EFFICIENT DYNAMO IN 1879. WITH TIME, THE GENERATOR'S DESIGN CHANGED. (REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Cast plate on generator reads "CANADIAN/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPANY, LIMITED/ PETERBORO WORKS/ ONTARIO." Cast and incised plate on opposite side reads "PATENTED/ OCT 9 1880/ MAR 13 1881/ TYPE 0/ 125. VOLTS/ NO. 292". Decal on base reads "THE HYDRO/ HISTORICAL/ ELECTRICAL/ COLLECTION". "292" cast on upper & lower edges of shaft housing (commutator end). "290" cast on upper & lower edges of shaft housing (flywheel end).
Missing: UNKNOWN. GENERATOR HAS BEEN DAMAGED.
Finish: PREDOMINANTLY BLACK ENAMEL. SOME METAL COMPONENTS HAVE NATURAL FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Generator, circa 1892, Artifact no. 1992.2286, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2286.001/

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