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- OBJECT TYPE
- INDUCTION/4 HP/60 CYC
- DATE
- 1895
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0118.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric
- MODEL
- KT 4 2 1800
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 19749
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.0 cm
- Width
- 42.0 cm
- Height
- 29.0 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
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS MOTOR PROBABLY USED C 1900- 1995.
- Canada
-
PART OF A COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY & SILVER MAKING TOOLS AND EQ. FROM THE HENRY BIRKS AND SONS WORKSHOPS IN MONTREAL. HENRY BIRKS OPENED HIS JEWELLERY STORE IN MONTREAL IN 1879; IN 1893 THE FIRM BECAME HENRY BIRKS AND SONS, WITH SILVERWARE & JEWELLERY WORKSHOPS IN MONTREAL,& POSSIBLY TORONTO. MFG OPERATIONS CEASED C. 1995. - Function
-
TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY, IN ORDER TO OPERATE ANOTHER MACHINE. - Technical
-
USED TO OPERATE DRAW BENCH (980117) AND OTHER EQ. WITHIN THE BIRKS' WORKSHOPS WHICH WERE INTERCONNECTED BY MEANS OF DRIVE SHAFT (980119). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on motor housing reads " INDUCTION MOTOR/ NO. 19749 TYPE KT-4-2-1800/ FORM C CYCLES 60 H.P. 2/ AMPERES 2.4 VOLTS 550/ SPEED NO. LOAD 1800/ FULL LOAD [blank]/ PAT. 1893 1894 1895/ CANADIAN/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO/ LIMITED/ TORONTO PETERBORO/ N.P.4967 ".
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- FINISH OBSCURED BY HEAVY LAYER OF DIRT & GREASE. MOUNTED ON CAST IRON FRAME: LOWER PORTION OF MOTOR HOUSING &THIS FRAME PAINTED OFF-WHITE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric, Motor, after 1895, Artifact no. 1998.0118, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0118.001/
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