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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1967.1411.002

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
MODEL: H67766
LOCATION: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON, STEEL, COPPER, BRASS, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. MOUNTED ON WOOD BASE; SOME MINOR WOOD FITTINGS. GLASS WINDOWS IN OILER RECEPTACLES; FITTED WITH GLASS LIGHTBULB. PORCELAIN BULB RECEPTACLE. COATED FABRIC COVERING ON WIRES, WINDINGS, ETC.

Dimensions

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

Length: 31.0 cm
Width: 28.0 cm
Height: 26.0 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: Westinghouse
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Hamilton

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: THIS GENERATOR USED 1898- 1953.
Canada: ONE OF THE 1ST GENERATORS BUILT & TESTED IN PETERBOROUGH WORKS OF CGE CO. LTD IN MAY 1898. IT'S EARLY HISTORY IS NOT CONFIRMED, BUT MOST PROBABLY IT WAS USED IN THE CORNWALL PLANT OF CANADA COTTONS 1898-1925. SINCE 1925 THE GENERATOR WAS USED IN THE SULLIVAN MINE OF CONSOLIDATED MINING & SMELTING CO. IN KIMBERLY, BC. IN 1939, IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE & STORED AT THE MINE UNTIL 1952, WHEN THE GENERATOR WAS DONATED TO NRC. IT WAS DISPLAYED BY NRC, & RAN PERIODICALLY TO POWER A SMALL LIGHT BULB PLACED ON TOP OF THE GENERATOR UNTIL 1953. (Ref. 1)
Function: TO CONVERT MECHANICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY EDISON BIPOLAR GENERATOR BUILT IN CANADA.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate on motor reads "Westinghouse/ B.B.O- ‘49/ ½ H.P. FRAME 66/ [blank] HRS. [blank] C./ TYPE FJ/ PHASE 1/ 1725 R.P.M./ INDUCTION/ MOTOR/ CYCLES 60/ H67766 STYLE SERIAL [blank] KV/ 110 VOLTS/ 6.7 AMP./ 220 VOLTS/ 3.4 AMP./ 110 VOLTS- TO REVERSE/ INTERCHANGE 5&8/ 220 VOLTS- TO REVERSE/ INTERCHANGE 5&8/ MANUFACTURED/ BY/ CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE COMPANY LIMITED/ HAMILTON, CANADA/ PATENTED 1933, 1940, 1943 CSA APPROVAL NO. 739"./ Plate on power switch reads "D/ CLASS 2510/ TYPE AG-1/ TO RESET/ WAIT 2 MINUTES/ MOVE TO OFF/ SQUARE D COMPANY/ CANADA LIMITED/ TORONTO ONTARIO".
Missing: N/A
Finish: MOTOR HAS BLACK ENAMEL FINISH. COMMON BASE IS LIGHT BROWN (WOOD), STAINED & VARNISHED.
Decoration: N/A

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