Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/4-POLE/SHUNT/CONSTANT/7.5 HP
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1888.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 204095
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON BASE, FIELD RING, BEARING BLOCKS& BRUSH HOLDER SPIDER/ BRONZE BRUSH HOLDERS & BEARINGS/ BRASS BRUSH SPRINGS & CARBON BRUSHES/ STEEL SHAFT SUPPORTS & ARMATURE CORE/ COPPER & MICA INSULATED COMMUTATOR/ FIELDS & ARMATURE WOUND WITH COPPER WIRE/ HALF OF A STEEL COUPLIN ON SHAFT/ MISC. STEEL HARDWARE & COPPER WIRING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 98.0 cm
- Width
- 56.0 cm
- Height
- 58.0 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
- Westinghouse
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Pittsburgh
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1900-1930
- 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
-
USED TO CONVERT DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY. - Technical
-
NIL - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG. PLATES - 2 IDENTICAL: 'WESTINGHOUSE/ ELECTRIC & MFG. CO./ PITTSBURG, PA., U.S.A./ DIRECT CURRENT MOTOR/ CONSTANT SPEED TYPE/ 7.5 H.P. EMF. 500 AMP'S 13.5/ FULL LOAD SPEED 850 NO 204095'/ PATENT PLATE: 'WESTINGHOUSE E&M CO./ PITTSBURG PA USA/ PATENTED/ MAY 6 90 MAR 24 96 DEC 15 96 MAY 11 97/ MAR 22 92 JUNE 30 96 JAN 12 97 SEPT 14 97/ OTHER PATENTS APPLIED FOR'/ PLATE: 'WESTINGHOUSE/ [LOGO]/ HISTORICAL COLLECTION/ No. 432'
- Missing
- ONE BRUSH HOLDER AND BRUSH SPRING BURNED OFF BY AN ELECTRICAL ARC.WIRING CUT AND DAMAGED.
- Finish
- BLACK PAINT ON COVER/ COMMUTATOR, NATURAL COPPER, BRUSH HOLDERS NATURAL BRONZE, AND BRUSH SPRINGS NATURAL BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Motor, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1992.1888, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1888.001/
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