General Information

Serial #

5587

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

VARIOUS CAST METALS, SPRING STEEL, ALUMINUM ANDNICKLE PLATED BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length

106.5 cm

Width

128.5 cm

Height

120.0 cm

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

GILKES

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Kendal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

MID 1950'S TO 1986

Canada

Unknown

Function

Used to demostrate principles, power & efficiency of the impluse turbine.

Technical

One of the two main types of turbine currently in use for power generation, the impulse turbine being used in high head situations.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 Cast plate reading "GILKES/WHEN ORDERING SPARES/QUOTE ORDER NO. 5587/BHP 4.87, FT.HEAD 100,RPM 730/ KENDAL/ENGLAND"/.1 cast lettering reading "GILKES 5587 1958"/.1 black lettering on meters reading "MADE BY/ FOUNDROMETERS LTD./LEEDS/REVOMETER/NO. 66399/R1:1" & "FEET HEAD OF WATER/FOUNDROMETERS LTD./LEEDS/224726"/ (see decoration details).

Missing

Essentially complete aside from water reservoir & can be erected as a working demonstration of one of the two main types of water turbe.

Finish

Painted medium grey enamel/plated parts/black synthetic meter casing/black wrinkle painted meter casing/ white meter faces/clear colourless synthetic windows.

Decoration

.4 plates reading "PEERLESS PUMP/HYDRODYNAMICS DIVISION/FMC CORPORATION/MFR. SER. NO. A229402" (see Supp. Inf.) & "MODEL PE2X21 2X8-S/PEERLESS PUMP/HYDRODYNAMICS DIVISION/FMC CORPORATION/INDIANAPOLIS, IND. LOS ANGELES CALIF./SERIAL DT303630"/.4 "PEERLESS PUMP DIV." cast on casing.