General Information

Serial #

50069

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

CAST IRON BASE & FIELD MOUNTING RING, BEARING BLOCKS & SUMPS. BRONZE BEARINGS. STEEL SHAFT. LAMINATED STEEL ARMATURE & FIELD CORES. INSULATED COPPER WIRE ARMATURE AND FIELD WINDINGS. COPPER COMMUTATOR WITH MICA INSULATION. CARBON BRUSHES WITH BRONZE BRUSH HOLDERS & BRASS SPRINGS. CAST IRON BRUSH HOLDER MOUNTING. BRASS OIL SUMP PLUGS. MISC STEEL HARDWARE. WOODEN DISTRIBUTION PANEL WITH BRASS CONNECTORS

Dimensions

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

Length

83.0 cm

Width

48.0 cm

Height

62.5 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Generation

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Westinghouse

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

Pittsburgh

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF GENERATOR USED C.1890S-1920S

Canada

PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO 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 ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Technical

EXAMPLE OF SMALL DC GENERATOR MFD. AROUND THETURN OF THE CENTURY, BY A WELL-KNOWN MFR, WESTINGHOUSE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO FRAME INCLUDES FOLLOWING INFO.: 'WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. & MFG. CO./ PITTSBURGH, PA./ DIRECT CURRENT/ PATENTED/ OCT. 31, 1882/ DEC. 26, 1882/ MAY 29, 1883/ JAN. 13, 1885/ FEB. 8, 1887/ JUL. 31, 1888/ APR. 16, 1889/ JUL. 9, 1889/ DEC. 13, 1892/ MAR. 22, 1892/ OTHER PATENTS APPLIED FOR/ 220 VOLTS - AMP'S./ NO. 50069 1500 REV.'/ '66' STRUCK ON SMALL BRASS PLATE, ABOVE. SECOND MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF FRAME IS IDENTICAL, SAVE '20 AMP'S' DESIGNATION

Missing

NONE EVIDENT. FIELD COIL CONNECTIONS TO BLOCK ARE CUT-OFF AT FIELD COILS.

Finish

BASE AND FIELD RING HAVE DARK OLIVE GREEN ENAMEL FINISH. FIELD COILS AND ARMATURE WINDINGS, AND DISTRIBUTION BOARD ALL FINISHED WITH BLACK ENAMEL. ALL OTHER COMPONENTS HAVE NATURAL FINISH

Decoration

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