Turbine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WATER DRIVEN/MIXED-FLOW
- DATE
- 1875
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1541.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WILSON, J.C. & CO.
- MODEL
- LITTLE GIANT
- LOCATION
- Picton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, WOOD PTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Power sources
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wilson
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Picton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THE 'LITTLE GIANT' MODEL OF TURBINE WAS USED THROUGH THE LATE 1800'S & EARLY 1900'S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT USED BY SMALL SCALE MFRS IN CANADA IN THE 19TH & EARLY 20TH CENTURIES/ ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF THE ADAPTATION OF AMERICAN PATENTS IN CANADA - Function
-
TO CONVERT THE KINETIC ENERGY OF MOVING WATER INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A 'MIXED FLOW' TYPE OF TURBINE - A TYPE THAT COMBINED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARLIER 'OUTWARD FLOW' TYPE DEVELOPED IN 1827 & THE 'INWARD FLOW' TYPE DEVELOPED IN 1849 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE 'GEO.H.JONES/ LITTLE GIANT/ TURBINE./ PAT'D SEP.26,1875./ MANUFACTURED/ BY/ J.C. WILSON & CO./ PICTON, ONT.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- NOT ORIGINALFINISH, WAS SANDBLASTED & PAINTED BROWNISH RED
- Decoration
- N/A
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WILSON, J.C. & CO., Turbine, 1875, Artifact no. 1995.1541, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1541.001/
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