General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

STEELCABINET AND SWITCH PARTS. COPPER CONTACT. INSULATED COPPER CONNECTING CABLES. TWO RELAYS AND ONE SOLENOID LATCH. RELAYS AND LATCH WOUND WITH INSULATED COPPER WIRE OVER A SOFT STEEL ARMATURE. CERAMIC INSULATORS. MISC. STEEL AND BRASS HARDWARE.

Dimensions

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

Length

45.0 cm

Width

42.0 cm

Height

81.0 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

INDUSTRIAL

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1930-1940 +

Canada

PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED AND 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

USED TO CONTROL THE START AND STOP OF A LARGE INDUSTRIAL MOTOR.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF STANDARD MOTOR CONTROL SWITCH BOX USED ON LARGE INDUSTRIAL MOTORS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE ON FRONT: 'INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLER CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS/ I-C [LOGO IN CENTRE]'/ INSTRUCTION PLATE ON LID: 'TO START MOTOR/ MOVE HANDLE RAPIDLY FORWARD TO POSITION A/ WAIT FOR MOTOR TO SPEED UP./ BRING BACK HANDLE TO INTERMEDIATE POSITION B./ MOVE HANDLE RAPIDLY FORWARD AGAIN TO A./ RETURN HANDLE TO INITIAL POSITION./ TO STOP MOTOR/ PRESS STOP BUTTON'/ IMPRESSED IN LID 'A' 'B'/ AROUND BUTTON ON LID: 'STOP MOTOR'

Missing

MANY CONTACT MISSING From CA of 07/10/1998 by Pat Montero: No - Complete

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL.

Decoration

N/A