General Information

Serial #

1367

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON BASE & FIELD ASSEMBLY; INSULATED COPPER WIRE; STEEL SHAFT; COPPER COMMUTATOR; LAMINATED STEEL CORE WITH INSULATED COPPER WIRE WINDINGS. CAST IRON BEARING BLOCKS. BRONZE BEARINGS; REINFORCED WOOD LAMINATE PULLEY

Dimensions

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

Length

58.0 cm

Width

58.0 cm

Height

52.0 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

Crocker Wheeler

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Ampere

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF MOTOR USED C.1890-1920

Canada

PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIOHYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992.

Function

TO CONVERT 115 VOLTS DIRECT CURRENT INTO ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY

Technical

EXAMPLE OF EARLY DC MOTOR

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE MOUNTED ON MOTOR TOP READS: 'CROCKER-WHEELER/ COMPANY./ AMPERE, N.J., U.S.A./ 2.5 H.P. SIZE 2 C.M. PAT'D/ MAY 5, 1891/ AND OTHERS/ NO. 1367 SPEED 1500 AMP. 20 VOLTS 115'/ FOLLOWING TEXT APPEARS ON BRONZE DISC ON FLY-WHEEL SIDE OF ARMATURE: 'CROCKER-WHEELER 11 WIRE 23 TURNS SL. ARM. NO. 1451 48 SEC.'/ 'No.2' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON BASE, BELOW BRUSHES/ DYMO LABEL ON MOTOR READS: 'COMPOUND/ MF.3.5'

Missing

BRUSH JUMPERS; UNMATCHED TWISTED WIRES FROM ONE OF THE FIELD COILS

Finish

MOTOR HAS BLACK FINISH, SAVE BRASS COLOURED MFR'S PLATE & ARMATURE PLATE/ WOODEN BASE (DISPLAY) HAS GREY SIDES/ NATURAL COPPER COMMUTATOR.

Decoration

N/A